At the height of the U.S. nuclear power business during the 1970s, Westinghouse invested heavily in manufacturing facilities in Florida that were built to enable the company to achieve a leadership position in the industry. A plant was built in Jacksonville for the Offshore Nuclear Power Plant business), and others were established in Tampa and Pensacola, both to supply specialty components for nuclear power plants. Ultimately, the plant was shut down, due to nuclear component work being transferred elsewhere and the decision to consolidate gas turbine and generator manufacturing at other plants. Following the Siemens acquisition of Westinghouse Power Generation in 1998, the property was sold and is now being used by General Electric Company to do manufacturing and service work on large electric generators.]]>
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Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Historic Lake Wales Society, Lake Wales, Florida.]]> Historic Lake Wales Society, Lake Wales, Florida.]]> Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Historic Lake Wales Society and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Lake Wales Depot Museum is housed in the Lake Wales Train Depot that was built in 1928 by the R. W. Burrows Construction Company along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). It was the second station built in Lake Wales since the coming of the railroad in 1911. It continued to operate as a functioning railroad depot for several decades. In 1978, the depot was dedicated as the Lake Wales Depot Museum, housing the local history of the Railroad Depot and the City of Lake Wales.]]>
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Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Florida State Archives, Division of Library and Information Services, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.]]> Mermaid Performing at the Weeki Wachee Springs Waterpark." 1949: Image number PC12593. Florida Memory.]]> Florida State Archives, Division of Library and Information Services, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.]]> Laura Cepero Collection, RICHES.]]> Florida State Archives and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]> Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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