General Electric Steam Generator

One unit of the original five steam generators in the Pennsylvania Electric Company’s Front Street Generating Station, generating electricity for Erie from 1917 until 1991.

Its presence on the first floor reminds visitors that this building, which houses the Erie Maritime Museum exhibits, collections storage, offices and the US Brig Niagara’s extensive rigging, carpentry and maintenance workshops, is an example of preservation of Erie’s historic architecture through adaptive reuse.