Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

by Brian Vangor

Overview

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant provides a rare glimpse inside an incredible machine built and operated by extraordinary people, most from surrounding local communities. What began life in 1923 as a pleasure park in Buchanan, New York, Indian Point transformed into a three-reactor electric generating facility that provided up to 25 percent of the power required by Westchester County and New York City for 59 years. From the start of construction in 1956, thousands left a legacy through their hard work and dedication and developed Indian Point into a world record holder for continuous power operation by a nuclear generating unit. Indian Point forever changed this small village on the banks of the Hudson River and the livelihoods of thousands living in the Hudson Valley.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467109239
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	01/23/2023
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,070,552
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Brian R. Vangor, a mechanical engineer, began working at Indian Point in 1980 at the age of 22. He obtained his senior reactor operator's license in 1983 and spent over 40 years at Indian Point. Photographs of Indian Point Park used in Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant were obtained from the Buchanan Local History Room. All construction photographs and many others were selected from the images produced by the photographers of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York.