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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct.6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –As Duke Energy demolished one of the last vestiges of the historic coal-fired Cliffside Steam Station in Mooresboro on Tuesday morning, Reno and Betty Bailey knew the memories collected over the past 70 years by those who lived near the plant would live on.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct.6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –As Duke Energy demolished one of the last vestiges of the historic coal-fired Cliffside Steam Station in Mooresboro on Tuesday morning, Reno and Betty Bailey knew the memories collected over the past 70 years by those who lived near the plant would live on.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — As Duke Energy demolished one of the last vestiges of the historic coal-fired Cliffside Steam Station in Mooresboro on Tuesday morning, Reno and Betty Bailey knew the memories collected over the past 70 years by those who lived near the plant would live on.
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For decades, Cliffside station was the center of a thriving village, and the couple’s website contains memories from many of the people who lived there.
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Duke Energy demolished the station’s retired powerhouse as part of the company’s decommissioning program to modernize generation and dismantle older plants no longer in use.
Duke has completed six implosion events at retired sites in the Carolinas since 2013. (For more information about the company’s decommissioning program, visit duke-energy.com/coal-decommissioning.)
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Duke has completed six implosion events at retired sites in the Carolinas since 2013. (For more information about the company’s decommissioning program, visit duke-energy.com/coal-decommissioning.)
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Duke has completed six implosion events at retired sites in the Carolinas since 2013. (For more information about the company’s decommissioning program, visit duke-energy.com/coal-decommissioning.)
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The station began operating in 1940 and units 1 through 4 were retired in 2011. Its original four units were replaced with cleaner, more efficient units. The company added unit 5 in 1972 and unit 6 in 2012. Both are now part of the James E. Rogers Energy Complex.
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The Baileys and others who lived in the community have done their best to preserve a time when life was simpler and neighbors were closer. So, hearing about the implosion of the site’s historic powerhouse surprised them.
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“It’s another landmark going away. I’m sure that the people who worked over there hate it more than I to see it go,” said Reno.
Remembering a simpler time
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Remembering a simpler time
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Remembering a simpler time
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on remembercliffside.com, a site dedicated to preserving the memory of the small town in western North Carolina, just outside of Shelby.
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9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on remembercliffside.com, a site dedicated to preserving the memory of the small town in western North Carolina, just outside of Shelby.
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For 13 years, the couple has worked most weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on remembercliffside.com, a site dedicated to preserving the memory of the small town in western North Carolina, just outside of Shelby.
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Reno, 80, injured his left hand years ago, so he does most of the clicking needed to manage the site. Betty, 82, does the typing. Reno taught himself the basics of web programming with online video tutorials in the late 1990s.
http://www.duke-energy.com/about-us/stories-reno-bailey.asp
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You can read their story here: http://www.duke-energy.com/about-us/stories-reno-bailey.asp
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View video footage from the implosion here: https://youtu.be/x4i6ZQBpoKg
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View video interview with Reno Bailey here: https://youtu.be/EEkJeo7DGE0
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View historic photos and photos from the implosion event today here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dukeenergy/albums/72157659131999368
About Duke Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas owns nuclear, coal-fired, natural gas, renewable and hydroelectric generation. That diverse fuel mix provides approximately 20,000 megawatts of owned electric capacity to about 2.5 million customers in a 24,000-square-mile service area of North Carolina and South Carolina.
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About Duke Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas owns nuclear, coal-fired, natural gas, renewable and hydroelectric generation. That diverse fuel mix provides approximately 20,000 megawatts of owned electric capacity to about 2.5 million customers in a 24,000-square-mile service area of North Carolina and South Carolina.
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About Duke Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas owns nuclear, coal-fired, natural gas, renewable and hydroelectric generation. That diverse fuel mix provides approximately 20,000 megawatts of owned electric capacity to about 2.5 million customers in a 24,000-square-mile service area of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available at duke-energy.com.
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Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available at duke-energy.com.
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Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available at duke-energy.com.
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