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District Heating in Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Pottsville Republican, March 26, 1965, Page 7

The Pottsville Steam Heat & Power Company was incorporated July 12, 1888 and the steam was turned on December 9th.

The company petitioned the state PUC to go out of business in 1965, but kept operating until June 1972.

References
1888 "Steam Heat a Success," Pottsville Republican, December 15, 1888, Page 5.
Subscribers of the Steam Heat Company are delighted with the results since last Monday, when the steam was turnod on for the first time.

1895 "Sunday Morning Fire," Pottsville Republican, January 21, 1895, Page 4.
Destruction of the Steam Heat Building--Houses and Churches Left Cold.

1895 The Metal Worker 43(5):39-40 (February 2, 1895)
A fire having destroyed the plant of the Pottsvlle Steam Heat and Poewr Company, Pottsville, Pa., numerous dwellings and hotels that secured steam from them for heating purposes are now in an unhappy condition. Local heating men shoudl be able to alleviate the discomfort by the prompt installation of a portable home heating boiler.

1907 History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1
Page 265-266: An admirable system of heating is provided through the agency of the Pottsville Steam Heat and Power company, incorporated in 1888. This system is employed in heating private residences as well as public houses and institutions, and is not only a saving in fuel expenses, but it dispenses with the worries of "firing up" numerous furnaces and stoves and saves the expense of individual plants, besides affording the people uniform heat, day and night alike.

1965 "Steam Heat Firm To Ask PUC Okay Go Out of Business," Pottsville Republican, October 15, 1965, Page 1.

1965 Decisions of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission 41:741-742
Pottsville Steam Heat and Power Company

1965 "Receiver Runs Steam Heat Co.," Pottsville Republican, December 31, 1965, Page 21.
Pottsville Steam Heat Co. is operating under a receiver appointed by the courts after it announced it "intends to go out of business June 15, 1966. But John F. McCalL thus named, indicates that the interest of the Reading Anthracite Co. is such as to indicate continued operation.

1972 "Steam Heat Service Ends in June," Pottsville Republican, May 13, 1972, Page 15.
About 125 of the 260 customers of 1971-72 were commercial.
In 1965 the firm had indicated its intention to go out of business at the termination of the June 15, heating season. At that time, the County Court appointed a receiver for the utility. It was taken out of a two-year receivership by Reading Anthracite Coal Company in 1967.