Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building & Cooling Tower on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building & Cooling Tower on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on April 22, 2006.
There are two sides to the Training Building that could be considered the front. This is the first one, the south side, and is really the more obvious one. The Training Building is not an original Trojan building; it was built in the late 1980s. Its original function should be obvious from the name. It didn't get to serve in its intended service for very long before the plant closed down, though it did get some further use by Concordia University for some outreach courses. There is a large parking lot on the east side of the Training Building.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on April 22, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Here is the east side of the Training Building, and while it may not have technically been the front of the building, the doors on this side probably got the most use. Even though this building was added later, the lights along the sidewalk carry on the dome-shaped theme from elsewhere on the site. Notice that the Training Building actually wraps around a courtyard, which is accessible from the east side, though the canopy almost makes it possible to not even notice the courtyard.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building Courtyard on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower reflected in the glass of the Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower from the courtyard of the Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Inside the courtyard. The trees seem to be doing well on their own. The Cooling Tower is reflected in the glass of the Training Building, and as seen directly from inside the courtyard. Incidentally, that last picture is the 2000th picture taken with my digital camera.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building Trash Can on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building Trash Can on May 13, 2006.
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building Trash Can on May 13, 2006.
The Training Building even featured uniquely decorated trash cans, and they are still in place in 2006. I really like the larger one, though the small one has a charm all its own as well.
Interior of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Interior of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Interior of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Interior of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Interior of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
As the view through the windows shows, the Training Building has most recently become a warehouse for paperwork. Boxes and boxes on pallets fill the lobby atrium, many of them covered in plastic, apparently anticipating a long stay. More boxes line the hallways.
Light outside the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
Here is a close-up of the of the Training Building's more modern version of the tall, dome-shaped sidewalk lamp. Notice that unlike those at the Visitors Information Center, these give off light in all directions.
Box for The New Rainier Review at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Training Building on May 13, 2006.
This newspaper box indicates that the Training Building used to get The New Rainier Review delivered. It was a free weekly paper, but it had some good local news. Long ago, Rainier used to have a newspaper called the Rainier Review, and The New Rainier Review was a 1990s attempt to resurrect it. The Longview Daily News bought out The New Rainier Review and renamed it the Columbia County Review in 1997 or 1998 in an attempt to expand it and replace their Neighbors paper, which was just a rehash of one of the regular Daily News' "This Day" sections from the week, with the week's ads thrown in. Finding actual news for the Columbia County Review must have been too much work, as it reverted back to the Neighbors fairly quickly. I used to deliver the Neighbors, and liked delivering it when it became the Columbia County Review a lot better. It felt more like a real newspaper.
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