Trojan in Twilight: Visitors Information Center

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Visitors Information Center Parking Lot Gate on April 22, 2006.

This gate keeps cars from entering the parking lot of the Visitors Information Center. It doesn't do much to keep pedestrians out though. I saw kids riding bikes in the parking lot. I'm not really sure why PGE wants to keep cars out of here either. It's just a parking lot.

Site of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Visitors Information Center on April 22, 2006.

This grassy area is where the Visitors Information Center once stood. The 15,000 square foot building once explained the operation of the power plant and electricity in general, as well as containing Native American artifacts discovered here before the plant was built. The Visitor's Information Center closed after the plant officially shut down for good in 1993. Though PGE initially tried to find other uses for the building (at least one Rainier High School dance was held in the building), the building was damaged by flooding due to heavy rain in 1996, and remained vacant from then on. The Visitors Information Center building was demolished in the summer of 2004. In May 2004, shortly before beginning demolition, PGE allowed Columbia River Fire & Rescue to use the building for a number of training drills. Today, there is nothing left of the actual building, though it is surrounded by hints that there was something here.

Nukeworker.com has a photo of the back of the Visitors Information Center here.

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