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Lebanon Steam Company was incorporated February 3, 1887 and began service later that year
Steam Co 1939 NDHA Member
B24:213 July 1939, 1962L, Abandoned 25 July 1966
References
1904 Engineering
News 51:174 (March 10, 1904)
Lebanon Steam Heating Co., W. F. Rapp, contemplates erecting new central
heating plant.
1904 "The
Condition is splendid," Lebanon Daily News, October 14,
1904, Page 3.
Lebanon Steam Heating Company under good way. At the present time
the company has about 150 consumers.
1911 Engineering
Review 21:58 (December 1911)
Authoritative announcement has been made of the control of the Lebanon
(Pa.) Steam-heating Co. passing to a syndicate of local capitalists headed
by William P. Nutting. The statement is also made that the present system
will be replaced at once by a new and modern one and an up-to date steam
plant and an active campaign entered upon by the new management for
increasing the number of consumers to at least one thousand. In keeping
with this plan it is the purpose of the syndicate to extend the present
system to all parts of the city, where every effort will be made steam to
introduce heat into business houses and private residences.
The Lebanon Steam-heating Co. has been doing business for the past 23
years, during which time it has extended its system as far north as
Lehman, south to Chestnut, east to Third street, and west to Tenth street.
Attention will at once be given the installation of a new system in these
sections, and as fast as new consumers are secured the field of activity
will be enlarged until the entire city has been included in the service of
the company.
Steam-heating lines are now being operated as follows: Ten-inch main from
the plant to Cumberland street; 8-inch main west on Cumberland to Ninth;
6-inch main east on Cumberland street to Fourth; 4-inch main on Cumberland
east; 6-inch north on Eighth street to the P. & R Railroad; 4-inch
west on Scull to Ninth street; 4-inch north on Ninth to Lehman; 6-inch
north on Ninth street to Willow; 4-inch west on Willow to St. John's
Reformed Church; 4-inch east on Willow to Pheasant alley; 2-inch on
Pheasant alley from Willow street to the plant; 6-inch south on Eighth
street to Krause & Co.'s hardware store.
1918 "Shortage of Coal at Lebanon Steam Heating Plant," Lebanon Daily News, February 4, 1904, Page 1.
1943 "District
Heating Plant Modernized for Increased Load Due to Conversions by Owners
from Oil and Coal," by H. George Louser, Bulletin of the
National District Heating Association 29(1):21-22 (October 1943)
Lebanon Steam Company doubles steaming capacity by substituting bituminous
mix for straight anthracite and utilizing existing stoker and coal
conveying systems.
The Lebanon Steam Company of Lebanon, Pa., a district heating utility
chartered in 1887, and serving 225 business, residential, and public
building consumers, had been faced with growing fuel load factor, and rate
problems for the past two heating seasons brought on by the fuel oil
shortage in the Eastern States.
1965 "Lebanon
Steam Company Resumes Service Today," Lebanon Daily News,
November 3, 1965, Page 32.
Full service to customers of the Lebanon Steam Company was resumed this
morning following a fire at the steam plant Sunday evening. It put two of
the firm's five boilers out of commission.
A number of the customers were without heat from Sunday night until this
morning.
Mrs. Florence Focht, office manager of the steam company, said that while
she was taking complaints Monday and Tuesday from customers without heat,
she herself was seated in an unheated office as a result of the mishap.
"I was just as cold as the customers," she added.
One woman customer, Mrs. Focht reported, assaulted her in the steam
company office as the result of the lack of heat. The office manager said
she had a lump on her wrist today as la result of the incident.
1965 "Steam
Heat Users Hot Under Collar As Service Fails," Lebanon Daily
News, November 17, 1965, Page 1 | Part
2 |
Former Partner In Steam Firm Details History
The Lebanon Steam Company, which reportedly serves about 130 customers in
the downtown area, has been out of service since last Wednesday.
1966 "City
Assumes Operation of Steam Plant," Lebanon Daily News,
January 19,1966, Page 1 | Part
2 |
Lebanon City Council today took over the operation of the Lebanon Steam
Company.
1966 "Equipment
Breakdown, Labor Walkout Cause More City Steam Woes," Lebanon
Daily News, January 29,1966, Page 1
Mayor John L. Worrilow shovels coal at the steam plant.
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