OUC History Book

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america races to the moon CHAPTER III:

A M E R I C A

1955

• Air Pollution Control Act of 1955 is enacted.

R A C E S

T O

T H E

1956

1964

• OUC files a

• Indian River Plant, Unit 2 is completed. • OUC begins burying power lines and replacing overhead lines with underground ones, along Colonial Drive, west to Texas Avenue.

request with the Atomic Energy

• OUC employee newsletter, the Spark &

Commission to join

Splash, debuts.

a study of the

M O O N

possibilities of using nuclear-

1957

OUC switches from surface water to well water from Floridan Aquifer.

powered generators. • Glenn L. Martin Company decides to build missile facility

1966

OUC installs first data processing system, the IBM-360.

in southwest Orlando.

1967

• OUC develops Handbook, formalizing employee policies.

1958

• Interstate 4 opens in Orlando,

Additions to the Lake

providing access to new areas

Highland Plant go into

of development in the northern

operation.

and southern regions of Orange County.

1960

• Air Quality Act of 1967 is enacted.

Indian River Plant goes online.

1968

1963

OUC opens new

• Clean Air Act of 1963 is enacted.

Administration Building

• 230,000-volt tie “interconnects”

and Customer

OUC and FPL.

Service Center.

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