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Essex Generating Station

The Essex Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the , three miles east of Downtown in . The station was a major part of New Jersey’s energy infrastructure, transitioning from a coal-fired power plant to a modern peaking facility before closing in 2022.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: there were 7 turbine generators
  • Also known as: “john Cahill”
  • Address: NJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sports Illustrated Stadium and Sawtooth Bridges.

Stadium
Photo: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0.
is a in , that is home to the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer and Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League. is situated 1½ miles west of Essex Generating Station.

Bridge
The are a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor known individually as Amtrak Bridge No. 7.80 and Amtrak Bridge No. 7.96. They are located in the Meadowlands in , between and at a stretch where the rights-of-way of Amtrak, NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail converge and re-align. is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Essex Generating Station.

Bridge
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The is a four-lane bridge and causeway in the of the U.S. state of , carrying a freeway designated U.S. Route 1/9 for most of its length. is situated 1¼ miles east of Essex Generating Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrison and Droyer’s Point.

Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the western part of in the U.S. state of . It is part of the . It is a suburb of the nearby city of , and is located 8 miles from .

Locality
Droyer's Point is a section of , at 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. is situated 2 miles south of Essex Generating Station.

Village
The Ironbound is a neighborhood in the city of in , in the U.S. state of . It is a large working-class multi-ethnic community, covering about 4 square miles. is situated 2 miles west of Essex Generating Station.

Essex Generating Station

Latitude
40.73797° or 40° 44′ 17″ north
Longitude
-74.12082° or 74° 7′ 15″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Operator
PSEG Fossil LLC
Open location code
87G7PVQH+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39836042
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
9669797
Wiki­data ID
Q19876187
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Essex Generating Station” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Essex kraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Essex kraftverk”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Essex Generating Station”. Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.