Kearny Generating Station

Kearny Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Riverbend of the Hackensack River in South Kearny, New Jersey. Owned and operated by Public Service Electric and Gas Company the power station consists of 10 simple cycle combustion turbines totaling 456 MW.

Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Power station
Description: New Jersey power station
Address: NJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pulaski Skyway and PATH Lift Bridge.

Pulaski Skyway

Bridge

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Pulaski Skyway is a four-lane bridge and causeway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, carrying a freeway designated U.S. Route 1/9 for most of its length. Pulaski Skyway is situated 760 feet southeast of Kearny Generating Station.

PATH Lift Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The PATH Lift is a lift bridge carrying the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit line across the Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. It is used by PATH trains going to and from Newark. PATH Lift Bridge is situated 1 mile east of Kearny Generating Station.

Lincoln Park

Park

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

Lincoln Park is an urban park in Jersey City, New Jersey with an area of 273.4 acres. Part of the Hudson County Park System, it opened in 1905 and was originally known as West Side Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marion Section and Droyer’s Point.

Marion Section

Hamlet

Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marion is a section of Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Droyer’s Point

Locality

Droyer's Point is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey, at Newark Bay that was the site of the Jersey City Airport and later of Roosevelt Stadium, both of which were demolished. It has become a residential and commercial district. Droyer’s Point is situated 2 miles south of Kearny Generating Station.

Croxton

Hamlet

Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Croxton is a section of Jersey City in the New Jersey Meadowlands in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is bounded by Secaucus at Penhorn Creek. Croxton is situated 2 miles east of Kearny Generating Station.

Kearny Generating Station

Categories: natural gas-fired power station, peaking power plant, gas turbine power station, and industry
Location: Town of Kearny, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.73729° or 40° 44′ 14″ north

Longitude

-74.09878° or 74° 5′ 56″ west

Elevation

43 feet (13 metres)

Operator

PSEG Fossil LLC

Open location code

87G7PWP2+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39836037

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

GeoNames ID

5099969

Wikidata ID

Q11980461

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kearny Generating Station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “卡尼發電廠”
German: “Kraftwerk Kearny”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Kearny kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Kearny kraftverk”

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