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The New York Steam Company began providing service in Lower Manhattan in 1882. [8] Con Edison is now the largest operator of the New York City steam system, which is the largest commercial steam system in the world with more than 100 miles (160 km) of steam pipe.
On August 19, 1989, a large steam explosion in front of a residential building generated an asbestos-containing steam cloud in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] Two people–a Con Ed worker and a 3rd floor resident–died instantly, and 24 were injured. [2] A third person, another Con Ed worker, died the following ...
At least twelve steam pipe explosions have occurred in New York City since 1987. [9] The most recent major incident was the 2018 steam pipe explosion which occurred in the Flatiron District and forced the evacuation of 49 buildings. [10] [11] The explosion released concrete, asphalt, "asbestos-containing material" and mud into the air. The ...
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
A steam pipe explosion in New York City's Flatiron District on Thursday morning sent steam spewing high above buildings and created a crater-like hole on 5th Avenue. The explosion, which occurred ...
A steam pipe explosion sparked road closures and evacuations in Manhattan’s Flatiron district on the morning of July 19, police confirmed.The New York Police Department said the closures were ...
The Waterside station also later served as a cogeneration facility and generated steam for the New York City steam system. The power plant was decommissioned by Con Edison in 2005 and sold to private developers as part of the East River Repowering Project, which increased the capacity of the East River Generating Station at East 14th Street to ...
Con Edison closed on the sale of these properties in 2005, the same year that the Waterside plant was decommissioned. [41] In 2008, environmental remediation of the properties was completed and a rezoning of the sites was approved by the New York City Planning Commission and the New York City Council. [42] [43] [44]