Glenwood Generating Station
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Glenwood Generating Station is a power station in Glenwood Landing, New York owned by National Grid USA. It is mainly known for being the former site of an architecturally significant 1920s brick powe
Glenwood Generating Station in 2011, viewed from Bar Beach across Hempstead Harbor. The brick building at left is Station 2, while the two yellow smokestacks at right are part of Station 3. Both buildings were demolished by 2015.
Station 2 being demolished in November 2014
Hempstead Harbor
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Hempstead Harbor is a bay hugging the northern coast of Long Island, in Nassau County, New York. Located off of the Long Island Sound, it forms the northernmost portion of the political boundary betwe
Glenwood Generating Station
…natural gas steam-electric generating units with a combined 210 MW capacity. It had a once-through water cooling system using water from the adjacent Hempstead Harbor. By 2014 the Station 2 building had deteriorated to the point where it was nearing condemnation. In 2011 it was announced that the Glenwood Landing…
Hempstead Harbor in Roslyn
Aerial view of Hempstead Harbor (center) and the Cow Neck Peninsula (left) in 2021
Hempstead Harbor, seen from West Shore Road in Port Washington, prior to the Glenwood Generating Station's demolition
The William Cullen Bryant Viaduct's span over Hempstead Harbor in 2015