After serving this area for more than 100 years – on Saturday – Alabama Power demolished Plant Gadsden – and the implosion collapsed both the boilers and the tower of the retired steam plant.

Alabama Power says the demolition “will help pave the way for potential future redevelopment and reuse of the site.”

Plant Gadsden began operations back in 1913 – and was officially retired on January 1st of 2023.  The plant – positioned on the Coosa River in east Gadsden, was able to produce 10,000 kilowatt hours when it opened and that made it the largest electric-generating facility within the state at the time.

According to Alabama Power – when the plant was decommissioned – no workers were laid off, as the majority of its workers retired, or moved to another job within the company.

(www.AL.COM)