Glass City Metropark (Toledo, Ohio)

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Site of Maumee Rolling Mill which was established in 1884 and was acquired in 1900 by Republic Iron & Steel.

In 1917 the steel mill was demolished and a coal fired power plant was constructed by the Acme Power Company to provide electricity to the city and its rapidly expanding industries. Following the consolidation of Toledo's four major electric companies in 1921 under Toledo Edison the plant became the major power source for Northwestern Ohio. After upgrades in 1949 and 1951 the plant accounted for 288 megawatts of Toledo Edison's total generating capacity of 320 megawatts.

With the construction of the Bay Shore plant and the switch to nuclear power with the opening of the Davis-Besse plant in 1977 there was less need for the Acme plant and it closed in the early 1990s and was mothballed in 1993.

In 2003 the City of Toledo accepted title to the 29.25 ac. property from Toledo Edison together with over $3 million to assist in the environmental cleanup of the site.