General Equipment at Venice Power Station Venice Illinois
The equipment below represents the systems and infrastructure documented or typically present at this facility during the era when asbestos-containing materials were specified in industrial construction. This is general facility-equipment reference — not a legal attribution of any specific product, manufacturer, or exposure event to this facility. Material-category and manufacturer information is addressed in the AsbestosIndex Product Crosswalk linked under the records table below.
Documented Asbestos Evidence
The records below are verified, state-documented asbestos removals at this facility. Each entry represents a regulated abatement project where the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) was notified under federal NESHAP rules, the work was logged, and the asbestos-containing material was confirmed and removed under regulated conditions. These are not allegations or estimates — they are paper records tying documented asbestos-containing material to this specific site.
No Illinois EPA NESHAP abatement notifications have been identified for this facility in current public records. Per the framing above, absence of state-agency documentation should not be read as absence of asbestos — only as absence of a formal, regulated abatement event meeting reporting thresholds. Workers who recall encountering pipe insulation, block insulation, gaskets, or other asbestos-era construction materials at this facility may still have viable claims regardless of whether a state record exists.
Material Categories in Documented Records
The materials documented above (and similar asbestos-containing materials commonly encountered in records of this type) appear in the AsbestosIndex catalog with historical manufacturer and trust-fund information. Click a category to view manufacturers historically associated with that material:
Who May Have Been Exposed at Venice Power Station Venice Illinois
Generating Unit Equipment — Public Registry
The following generating units are documented in the North American Electric Generating Plants database for this facility. This database is maintained by UDI/S&P Global and draws on federal EIA filings and state regulatory records.
| Unit | Year | Capacity | Fuel | Boiler Type | Boiler/Steam Sys Mfr | Turbine Mfr | Generator Mfr | Steam Params | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice (Il) One 1 | 1924 | 20 MW | Gas | Retired 1973 | |||||
| Venice (Il) One 2 | 1929 | 35 MW | Gas | Retired 1973 | |||||
| Venice (Il) Two 1 | 1942 | 40 MW | Gas | Front | Ce | Ac | Ac | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2000 |
| Venice (Il) Two 2 | 1942 | 40 MW | Gas | Front | Ce | Ac | Ac | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2000 |
| Venice (Il) Two 3 | 1943 | 98 MW | Gas | Front | Rs | Ge | Ge | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2002 |
| Venice (Il) Two 4 | 1948 | 98 MW | Gas | Front | Ce | Ge | Ge | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2002 |
| Venice (Il) Two 5 | 1950 | 98 MW | Gas | Front | Bw | Ge | Ge | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2002 |
| Venice (Il) Two 6 | 1950 | 100 MW | Gas | Front | Ce | Wh | Wh | 850 PSI / 900°F | Retired 2002 |
| Venice (Il) Gt 1 | 1967 | 37.5 MW | Oil | N/A | N/A | Wh | Wh | Operating | |
| Venice (Il) Gt 2 | 2002 | 48 MW | Oil | N/A | N/A | Pw | Operating | ||
| Venice (Il) Gt | 2006 | 330 MW | Gas | N/A | N/A | PLN |
Source: UDI/S&P Global North American Electric Generating Plants database (NAMERICA 2025). Public reference data.
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Critical Filing Deadline & Next Steps
Illinois law gives mesothelioma and asbestos-disease claimants 2 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury lawsuit (735 ILCS 5/13-202). For wrongful-death claims after an asbestos-related death, the filing window is 2 years from the date of death (740 ILCS 180/2). The two deadlines run on separate tracks — preserving one does not extend the other.
The personal-injury clock runs from diagnosis, not from exposure. Mesothelioma latency is typically 20 to 50 years, so workers exposed in the 1950s–1980s are being diagnosed today.
Practical first steps
- Document what you remember. Pay stubs, W-2s, union cards, photographs, coworker names, and dates of employment. The WorkChain widget on this page can save a copy you can email yourself.
- Preserve medical records. Pathology reports, biopsy results, imaging, and pulmonary-function tests are central to both civil claims and trust-fund filings.
- Identify household members. Spouses who laundered work clothing and children of plant workers are eligible for secondary-exposure claims when diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease.
- Speak with an asbestos attorney with Illinois experience. The first conversation is free and confidential. Asbestos trust-fund claims and civil claims run on different tracks — both can be pursued in parallel.
Asbestos-Related Diseases
Asbestos fiber exposure can cause several specific diseases that typically appear decades after the original exposure. The latency period — the gap between exposure and diagnosis — usually runs 20 to 50 years. That's why workers exposed in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are receiving diagnoses today.
Mesothelioma
A rare, aggressive cancer that affects the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma), abdomen (peritoneal), or heart (pericardial). Mesothelioma is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure, which is why a mesothelioma diagnosis often points directly to historical workplace exposure. Average latency from first exposure to diagnosis is 30-50 years.
Asbestosis
A chronic, non-cancerous scarring of lung tissue caused by inhaled asbestos fibers. Asbestosis causes progressive shortness of breath, persistent cough, and reduced lung function. It does not improve with treatment, and it is a recognized basis for compensation under most trust schedules and civil claims.
Lung Cancer
Asbestos exposure significantly increases the risk of lung cancer, particularly when combined with a history of smoking. Asbestos-related lung cancer is compensable under the same trust schedules and civil claim avenues as mesothelioma.
Other Recognized Diseases
Pleural plaques, pleural thickening, laryngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, and certain gastrointestinal cancers are also recognized as asbestos-related under various trust schedules and case-law authorities, though eligibility and proof requirements vary by claim type.
If you have any of these diagnoses and you worked at this facility, lived with someone who did, or were exposed in any documented capacity, you may have a claim worth pursuing. Speak with an attorney before assuming you don't qualify.
Cross-State & Regional Corridor Workers
About Venice Power Station
Venice Power Station sits in Venice, Illinois — a small industrial community in Madison County, directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Regulatory databases identify the facility as an oil and gas-fired power generating station with approximately 61 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity.
Ownership and Operational History:
- Union Electric Co. — held 100% ownership through the historical operating period
- Ameren Corporation — acquired and/or succeeded Union Electric’s interest, with continued operational involvement reported into the post-2002 period
Ameren Corporation, headquartered in St. Louis, is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, serving customers across Missouri and Illinois. For workers diagnosed with asbestos-related disease following employment at Venice or successor sites, an asbestos cancer lawyer in St. Louis or Illinois asbestos attorney can evaluate your potential claims against multiple responsible parties.
The Mississippi River Industrial Corridor: A High-Exposure Zone
Venice and surrounding Madison County appear repeatedly in occupational health research as areas with elevated mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease rates. The facility sits within what researchers and occupational health advocates describe as the Mississippi River industrial corridor — a dense concentration of heavy industry stretching along both banks of the river from St. Louis southward through the Metro East region.
Workers in this corridor did not encounter asbestos at a single facility. They accumulated exposure across careers spent moving between plants — each assignment adding to a cumulative dose that may have crossed critical thresholds years before any diagnosis.
Facilities operating in this corridor included:
- Granite City Steel / U.S. Steel (Granite City, IL) — a major steel producer with documented heavy asbestos use in furnaces, boilers, and pipe systems
- Laclede Steel (Alton, IL) — a regional steel operation with known asbestos-containing materials throughout infrastructure
- Shell Oil / Roxana Refinery (Wood River, IL) — a petroleum refinery where pipefitters, boilermakers, and insulators may have worked alongside asbestos-containing pipe covering and gasket systems
- Clark Refinery (Wood River, IL)
- Monsanto Chemical (Sauget, IL) — a chemical plant where maintenance workers may have encountered asbestos-containing materials in heat exchanger systems and piping
- Alton Box Board (Alton, IL)
- Labadie Energy Center (Labadie, MO) — Union Electric’s and Ameren’s large coal-fired plant on the Missouri side, where insulators and boilermakers reportedly worked with asbestos-containing insulation systems similar to Venice
- Portage des Sioux Power Plant (Portage des Sioux, MO) — another Ameren-predecessor facility on the Missouri bank, with comparable industrial-era construction and alleged asbestos use
- Monsanto Company facilities (St. Louis, MO and Sauget, IL) — chemical manufacturing operations with documented asbestos insulation use throughout process piping
- Multiple other generating stations, rail yards, chemical plants, and manufacturing facilities on both banks
The shared employer base — particularly Union Electric and predecessor companies operating plants at Labadie, Portage des Sioux, and Venice — means that former Ameren workers may have legally significant exposure histories spanning both Missouri and Illinois jurisdictions simultaneously. That matters when selecting where to file.
If you or a family member worked at Venice Power Station or other Mississippi River corridor facilities and has received an asbestos-related diagnosis, speak with an experienced Illinois mesothelioma lawyer without delay.
Data Sources
Information about facility equipment, industrial materials, and occupational records referenced on this page is drawn from publicly available sources where applicable, including:
- EPA ECHO Facility Compliance Database — enforcement and compliance records for industrial facilities
- OSHA Establishment Search — federal workplace inspection history
- EIA Form 860 Plant Data — power-plant equipment and ownership records (where applicable)
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency NESHAP asbestos abatement notification records
- Published asbestos trial and trust fund records (publicly filed court documents)
- AsbestosIndex Product & Manufacturer Crosswalk — historical asbestos-containing product schedules linked to manufacturers
If specific equipment or product claims in this article are sourced from a non-public database, the source is identified parenthetically within the text above.