Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company

Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chester Waterside Station, 1998
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Location	2501 Seaport Dr., Chester, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°49′45″N 75°23′02″W
Area	11.9 acres (4.8 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Windrim, John T.; Eglin, William C.L.
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical
NRHP reference No.	07000467[1]
Added to NRHP	May 24, 2007

Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is a historic former coal-fired power station, located on the Delaware River in Chester, Delaware County, southeastern Pennsylvania.[2]

Built by the Philadelphia Electric Company, it is currently owned by the PECO Energy Company of the Exelon Corporation.[2] The complex has been converted into an office building.[3][4]

Architecture

The original section of the Station building was built in 1916, and consists of the Boiler House with attached Coal Towers and Turbine Hall, and the Switch House. The complex was designed by architect John T. Windrim and engineer William C.L. Eglin, and featured then recent advances in generating technology and industrial construction.[2] The principal facades were designed in the Beaux-Arts style.

The Turbine Hall Annex addition was built in 1939-1942.[2]

Also located on the property is the two-story, red brick Machine Shop building. It was also built by the Philadelphia Electric Company.[5]

History

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

The Chester Waterside Station was documented by the federal HAER−Historic American Engineering Record, with extensive exterior and interior photography by renowned architectural photographer Jack Boucher in 1997 and 1998; architectural drawings; and a detailed descriptive report of the facility design and history, and its contemporary industrial history contexts.[6]

The machine shop of the Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company

In 2016, the machine shop was converted into a 16,500 square foot indoor training facility and offices for the Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer club.[7]

See also

• HAER−Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
• List of power stations in Pennsylvania
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• Power plants in Pennsylvania

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. HAER: Chester Station Report . accessed 12.28.2014
3. "2501 Seaport Dr, Chester, PA 19013 - Building 1".
4. "Error processing request".
5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-14. Note: This includes Suzanna Barucco (March 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-14.
6. HAER Chester Station index
7. "Philadelphia Union Announce Naming Rights Partner for Power Training Complex". www.philadelphiaunion.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-505, "Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA", 112 photos, 8 color transparencies, 13 measured drawings, 77 data pages, 8 photo caption pages