Big Allis

Big Allis

Big Allis, formally known as Ravenswood No. 3, is a giant electric power generator originally commissioned by Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and built by the Allis-Chalmers Corporation in 1965. Currently owned by KeySpan Energy, it is located on 36th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in western Queens, New York.

During 1963, Allis-Chalmers announced that ConEd had ordered the "world’s first MILLION-KILOWATT unit...big enough to serve 3,000,000 people." This sheer scale helped the plant become popularly known as "Big Allis".

At the time of its installation, it was the world's largest energy generating facility. More recent information indicates that Big Allis is reportedly capable of producing 25 percent of New York City's current energy needs. The current installed capacity is around 980 MW.cite news | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_Feb_18/ai_97773147 | title = KeySpan's Big Allis Is Back On Line| publisher = Business Wire | date = 2003-02-18 | accessdate = 2008-02-16]

ee also

*Allis-Chalmers
*Consolidated Edison
*KeySpan

References

External links

[http://www.regencoservices.com/CentennialArticlesDecember2002.htm ReGENco Services]

[http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/01/big-allis.html New York Daily Photo]


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