Also known as Building 74, constructed in 1917 with additions in 1918, 1923, 1940 and 1945. This photo from 1926. Located north of Sample Street just west of the old Newman Altman Standard Surplus Building. It provided power for the entire plant. Razed in the mid 1970s.
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From the Archives #104 (Studebaker Power House)
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From the Archives #104 (Studebaker Power House)
Also known as Building 74, constructed in 1917 with additions in 1918, 1923, 1940 and 1945. This photo from 1926. Located north of Sample Street just west of the old Newman Altman Standard Surplus Building. It provided power for the entire plant. Razed in the mid 1970s.Richard Quinn
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Coal-fired; lots of it!
I, too, wondered about the 1970s demolition. 'Figured I don't remember it from the early 1960s, either, because there was no "car" stuff going on there and so 'would have had little reason to even notice it! <GGG> BPWe've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.
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It was torn down about 1974. That was before my Studebaker days. I was riding by on my motorcycle and parked to investigate. I remember there was a crane hook that was one of the biggest you'll ever see. We returned with our cars to load up on bricks to build an outside barbeque.
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I grew up about 6 miles south of Sample Street. I can still hear the whistle blow at 3:20 shift change from my back porch. I remember the sound of the steam trains pulling out of Union Station. Oh the memorys never to be lived again. Jim
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Originally posted by Studebaker Wheel View PostI just checked and the Power House was razed in 1972.
'Talk about focus: I have vivid memories of many of the places George and I visited while "Summer Sleuthing in South Bend," as he titled his Turning Wheels article years ago...but simply don't remember looking at anything as obviously huge and so dominating of the landscape as was The Power Plant.
'Probably glanced over there a time or two to see what Studebakers were in the employee parking lot, but had no occassion to nose around the place, or even pay any attention at all to it, because nothing was coming out of it that said Studebaker on it. BPWe've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.
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