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A fact from Glenwood Generating Station appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that an expansion of the Glenwood Generating Station was rejected after an Oyster Bay Town Supervisor said that consumers were lowering thermostats and wearing sweaters?
"Station 2 was constructed in the 1920s and considered significant as a rare surviving example of early 20th-century industrial architecture." --> No source Not done As is standard partice, consecutive sentences that are sourced from the same reference have the citation only at the end of the last sentence in the sequence.
"It was designed in an industrial Beaux-Arts style, with large arched windows and stringcourse intended to prevent it from becoming an eyesore given its proximity to affluent communities." --> Also no source Not done See above.
"It was constructed with Flemish bond brickwork and decorative limestone elements.[1][2] It was also constructed to minimize noise and ash pollution." --> "It was built with Flemish bond brickwork and decorative limestone elements, in addition to being constructed to minimize noise and ash pollution.[1][2]" Not done The part about ash pollution is sourced to Ref. 3, not Refs. 1 and 2.
"The first facility on the site was Station 1, constructed in 1906 and expanded during World War I, which existed until at least 1939." --> No source Not done See above.
I think you should insert "any" in between "an impromptu baseball game while they waited for" and "power to return." (Just a suggestion; please consider it.) Not done Don't think it's necessary.
"At the time it was called "one of the most modern power plants in the country," with both mechanical and electrostatic precipitators for dust and ash collection, as well as valve silencers and noise barriers." --> Who(m) called it "one of the most modern power plants in the country"? Done
I think you should add "in the United States" in between "pointing to other redeveloped historic power plants" and "such as the Pratt Street Power Plant in Baltimore and the Homan Square Power House in Chicago.[20]" Done
"Station 3 was demolished in November 2013. Demolition of Station 2 was completed in 2015." --> "Station 3 was demolished in November 2013, while the demolition of Station 2 was completed in 2015." Done
Not done As is standard partice, consecutive sentences that are sourced from the same reference have the citation only at the end of the last sentence in the sequence.
Done