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The Allentown Steam Heating & Power Company was incorporated March 6, 1888 and began supplying steam in October.
The company suffered a fire and explosion on December 27, 1967 that started a downward spiral for the company, which was declared bankrupt and shut down in June 1968.
References
1888 "Unlucky
Friday," The Morning Call, June 3, 1888, Page 4.
Horse falls into trench of the Allentown Steam Heating and Power Company.
1888 "Gives
Satisfaction," The Morning Call, October 21, 1888, Page 5.
The steam heating plant on South Hall street has now been in operation
about two weeks. Those who are using the company's service, cannot
sufficiently praise the convenience and utility of it,.
1896 Master
Steam Fitter 11:188 (October 1896)
The Allentown Steam Heating and Power Co., Allentown, Pa., has changed
from the meter to the contract system in furnishing steam to customers,
from its central station.
1963 "Steam
Case Proves A Puzzler for PUC," The Morning Call, September
11, 1963, Page 9.
Early this year, Allentown Steam Heating filed an assumpsit suit in
county court, seeking $10- 800 from the Lichtmans for estimated 6,480,000
pounds claiming Allentown Steam Heat ing is charging them too much for
steam they had no business taking in the first place.
The firm "is not engaged in the business of furnishing steam for the
heating of water but is authorized as a public utility only to furnish
steam for heating buildings." Further, the firm says it has no
desire to get into the water heating business.
1968 "Steam
Loss Puts Chill Through Allentown," The Daily News, January
3, 1968, Page 21.
The Allentown Steam Heating and Power Co. said it had been unable to
maintain enough pressure in its steam lines to heat the buildings since a
fire at the plant last Wednesday knocked out two coal-fuel boilers.
1968 "Steam
Plant Passed Early Tests," The Morning Call, January 18,
1968, Page 11.
The steam-producing plant of Allentown Steam Heating & Power Co. was
in good condition as it began its 1967-68 job of providing heat for 418
customers.
1968 "Steam
Heat Firm Faces Sheriff Sale," The Morning Call, April 2,
1968, Page 5 | Part
2 |
The Allentown Steam Heating & Power Co. will go on the auction block
April 26 unless it pays a $75,000 debt before then. Attorneys for the
Fogelsville National Bank acted yesterday to foreclose on the first
mortgage of the trouble-ridden utility.
1968 "Steam Heat Co. Assets Being Sold by Trustees," The Morning Call, August 15, 1968, Page 5 | Part 2 |
1968 "End
Allentown Steam Heat Firm," Pottsville Republican, August
15, 1968, Page 17.
Allentown Steam Heating and Power Company will no longer provide service
to 290 central city customers.
Trustees of the firm in bankruptcy have liquidated the business and will
sell the assets to the highest bidder. The action will force all business
firms and private dwellings serviced by the firm to find other means of
heating establishments next winter.
It is the second closing of a steam I heat firm in Eastern Pennsylvania in
a week. Similar action was taken by Reading Steam Company.
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