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Progress Energy Carolinas completed environmental remediation of soil at a hazardous waste site at 506 South Front St. Progress Energy then donated the eight-tenths of an acre of land to Tryon Palace, and the land will serve the new North Carolina History Education Center.
The land, where a manufactured gas plant used to be located, has been inactive for more than 60 years. Progress Energy never operated the facility but acquired the land as part of a business acquisition in the 1990s.
The land will be used as a landscaped parking lot for the History Education Center.
"We are thankful for Progress Energy's generosity and are pleased to help turn this site into a benefit for the state," said Bob Mattocks, chairman of the Tryon Palace Commission. "I believe that serving as a gateway to the new North Carolina History Education Center is a fitting next step for a site that has itself played a key role in New Bern's history."
A manufactured gas plant operated on the New Bern site from about 1859 until 1946. The plant produced gas from coal, and the gas was sold locally for cooking, heating and lighting.
After 1946, coal gas was replaced by propane and natural gas. North Carolina Natural Gas Company, a former subsidiary of Progress Energy, owned the property when the company was acquired by Progress Energy predecessor Carolina Power & Light.
There were more than a thousand manufactured gas plants around the country in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Manufactured gas plants produced various residual materials, primarily coal tar. These byproducts were reused or sold by the gas plants as much as possible, but it was a common practice of the time to dispose of some excess byproducts on site.
Progress Energy worked with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources to clean up the former manufactured gas plant site off Front Street and remove potential environmental hazards.
The remediation crews dismantled the property's abandoned building and replaced impacted soil with clean soil. The company will continue to monitor groundwater in the area to protect public health and safety.
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