Photo(Nomeus, 2008 – Flurbex.com): Though the plant was closed, electricity still ran through the buildings. Built in 1969, General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting-systems division, manufacturing incandescent lamps. The factory operated until it closed in 1982. GE reopened the factory a year later as part of it’s robotics operation. It [...]
Photo(Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s): This photo taken sometime in the 1920s shows the Brewster power plant, one of the only remaining remnants of the town. The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the nearby phosphate mine. Operated by American Cyanamid, the [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2006 – Flurbex.com): The plant initially had six smokestacks, indicating how much power it generated In 1926, the Benson Springs Power Plant was built on the shores of Lake Monroe, by Florida Public Service to provide electrical service locally and as far away as DeLand. It was named Benson Springs Power Plant because in [...]