Old Steam Heat Authority. Wilkes-Barre

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September 1, 2008

This is what remains of the old Steam Heat Authourity in Wilkes-Barre. Just one building and the two stacks - much of it now a parking lot. At one time most of the larger buildings, including the CYC in Wilkes-Barre, had the steam supplied from here.

The streets in the downtown would not freeze over in the winter because of the steam ducts underneath.

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Local entertainment magnate, Thom Greco had a plan to use the Steam Heat ducts to run Fiber Optic lines in the downtown. G-Net I think it was called.

It was a great idea, but never got off the ground.

Some contractors mentioned that the lines from the steam heat ducts to the buildings had collaped in a few places too.

It probably would not have been hard to open the ducts up.

Thom Greco was ahead of his time in proposing this. I think a lot of people are sorry that this was never pursued. Previous Administrations of Govt. screwed up.