Like many great cities, Youngstown has a history of steam heat that persists today.(that's why some of the manholes in the streets downtown are steamy)
Below is a bit of history courtesy of energy.rochester.edu:Youngstown - 1899 Independent electric co supplied exhaust steam
to handful of downtown businesses. 1906 Youngsteam steam heating
co constructed a plant to supply steam to about 25 buildings.
``Oddly, there was no electric generation association with this
early steam heating operation.'' Mahoning County Light Company
organized in 1913, bought Youngstown SHc in 1915. In 1917 the
Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Co acquired the steam
heating facilities and began supplying exhaust steam at North
Avenue gen station building in 1889. Pennsylvania-Ohio Power and
Light Co merged into Ohio Edison 1930. 196 customers in 1967,
477,919,000 lbs/yr, 5.6 miles. Youngstown Steam Heating Co.
1902L, 1910L, 1917S, 1917R, 1919R, Mahoning County Light Co
1921R, 1925R, 1930R, Ohio Edison 1962L, 1977L Serves Youngstown
University.
North Avenue Steam Plant.
Pennsylvania & Ohio Co NDHA Member 1926
Sold 29 September 1980 to Youngstown Thermal Energy
Corporation, 1992C, Steam.
Youngstown State University, 1992C, Steam, CW
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