Power House

Power House (HM2AHP)

Location: Lynch, KY 40855
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 57.949', W 82° 55.148'

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This building once housed boiler operated generators which furnished electric power to operate No.'s 30 & 31 mines and support facilities. In addition, it supplied electric power to all homes in Lynch.
Originally four 150 KW D.C. generators were installed. This was quickly converted to two 1875 KVA, 6600 volt A.C. generators. A cooling tower was erected beside Looney Creek and water was sprayed into a cooling pond in the creek.
With the advent of power in 1925 from Kentucky Utilities, the generators were shut down and the boilers used to supply the steam to heat shops, bathhouse, tipple and other support facilities, in addition to several management homes.

Boilers were fed with stoker coal directly from the adjacent tipple. The powerhouse stack is 209 feet high and 14 feet to 9 feet in diameter.
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HM NumberHM2AHP
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Date Added Friday, August 17th, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 329157 N 4092801
Decimal Degrees36.96581667, -82.91913333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 57.949', W 82° 55.148'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 57' 56.94" N, 82° 55' 8.8800000000002" W
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Area Code(s)606
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near KY-160, Lynch KY 40855, US
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