Freeport Power Plant No. 2 Dedicated
Freeport Leader. 22 May 1969, p. 2
According to Clinton Metz, former Village Historian, the cornerstone of Power Plant No. 2 contains the following items:
.
Bills
for electricity, water and taxes, 1968
Blackout
“Anniversary Award,” humorous
Blackout
Nov. 9, 1965 Newsweek magazine and newspaper stories
Bond
resolution, with news story
Court
ruling in lawsuit over Engine No. 12
Electrical
appliances, 1968 (Sears catalogue pages)
Electricity
rates, early
Energy-Systems
Design Survey, published by Power Magazine
Fiat
brochure
Freeport
Diamond Jubilee Certificate
Freeport
Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Book
Freeport
Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Plate (photo)
Freeport
general history
Freeport
general information
Freeport
Village budget, 1968-69
Freeport
Village officials
Freeport
street map
Freeport
zoning map
Map
showing Power Plant No. 1, substations and primary feeders, 1967
“New
York State Vactionlands” brochure pages
Newspaper
and “Village News” stories about Power Plant No. 2
Nordberg
Engine No. 12, American City magazine article
Power
Plant No. 1 article from Power magazine
Power
Plant No. 1 history
Power
Plant No. 1 list of employees
Power
Plant No. 1 photos:
Early power plant, rear view
Old steam engine belts and first
diesel engine
Switchboard and Engine No. 7 in 1932
Machine shop about 1935
Westward expansion of building, 1941
Westward expansion of building, 1947
William Cominos, lineman, installing
mercury street light, 1964
Village officials alongside Engine
No. 12
Engine Room, with data on each
generating unit
Power
Plant No. 2 brochure issued at cornerstone laying ceremony
Power
Plant No. 2 groundbreaking ceremony photo
Power
Plant No. 2 list of consulting engineers, architects and contractors
Presidential
election results, in New York Times international edition
Storm
story Nov. 14, 1968, from Long Island Press, Jamaica, N.Y.
Salisbury
Park Museum (Nassau County) folder
Village
of Freeport graded salary schedule
Source:
Clinton Metz's Papers. Freeport Historical Society
