page_title: George E. Turner Power Plant
section_title: Demolition
hierarchical_section_title: George E. Turner Power Plant / History / Demolition
caption_attribution_description: Demolition of the George E. Turner Power Plant in Enterprise, Florida. Portions of a turbine or fan are in the foreground.
context_page_description: The George E. Turner Power Plant was a coal-burning, and later oil-burning, electrical power plant constructed on the north shore of Lake Monroe, in Enterprise, Florida, United States in 1926. The plant operated as an oil-burning power plant until 1994 providing electrical power to more than 300,000 homes during its peak. The plant was decommissioned in 1994 and occasionally used as a filming location for several television productions. The plant was razed in 2007 and its site remains an ecological buffer zone.
context_section_description: As early as 2003, Progress Energy had begun discussions about dismantling the plant. In May 2007, they began demolishing the 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m²) abandoned power plant, with plans to salvage 6,000 tons of metal. The demolition was completed in February 2008. The 120-acre site has been retained by Progress Energy as an ecological buffer area, separating Lake Monroe from a peak generation station across the street from the site.
caption: Demolition of the George E. Turner Power Plan. Portions of a turbine or fan are in the foreground. November 21, 2007.
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