Mother nature juxtaposed with human engineering, three stacks and a rock make up the most iconic skyline on California's Central Coast.
Built in the post-WWII boom, the Morro Bay Power Plant was one of the first thermo-electric plants built in the United States, with four generation units and three 450 foot smokestacks towering above.
The plant generated the 4th most electricity, enough to power the entire city of San Francisco and much of the Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley.
Morro Rock is even taller at 581 feet, and has been an oceanic landmark and point of navigation since European explorers first sailed along the Pacific Coast in the mid-1500s.
The local Chumash tribe consider the rock to be the most sacred of sites.
Unfortunately this iconic skyline won't exist much longer, as the power plant has been shutdown since 2014 and is slated for demolition by 2028, to be replaced by a battery energy storage facility.
28 сен 2024
