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Photos: Inside Eugene’s retired riverfront steam plant

February 5, 2019
Dana Sparks

Eugene Water and Electric Board’s retired steam plant is the future sight for a new development along the Willamette riverfront. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

MORE: Read the Emerald’s article on repurposing the abandoned steam plant here
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Dana Sparks

An unknown worker's jumpsuit rests from some machinery in the breakroom of the power plant. It — among many other things — lends itself to an eerie, abandoned feeling, preserving what was once a workplace. Eugene Water and Electric Board's retired steam plant is the future sight for a new development along the Willamette riverfront. (Dana Sparks/Emerald)

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