New Haven Industrial Heritage Trails

United Illuminating’s coal-fired power plant, currently a disused brownfield site.  Colin Chudyk’s project traces the path of coal to the formation of Ball Island.  Rachel Lefevre proposes illuminating English Station.  

Projects

From Coalbed to Bulkhead: English Station and the Making of Ball Island by Colin Chudyk (2020)

English Station: United Illuminating Networks in New Haven by Rachel Lefevre (2019)

Press/Resources

“‘Welcome to a New Haven Urban Oasis!’ : The battle over a Fair Haven power plant’s future” by John Besche and Olivia Tucker, Yale Daily News (Feb. 28, 2020)

“3,500 Cubic Yards Of Contaminated Soil Headed Off The Island” by Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent (Jan. 24, 2020)

“Breaking In Part II: English Station” by Robert Scaramuccia, podcast (2019)

“English Station” Industrial New Haven: Sites and Sounds by Robert Scaramuccia (2019)

“English Station” by Sanjana Sharma, New Haven Building Archive entry (Apr. 27, 2019)