Taken in the early 1890s, this picture shows the canal boat McLean in Lock 9 of the Miami-Erie Canal. The Edison central station is the building in the back to the right. By this time, the plant had several buildings added to the rear, a small receiving room added to the front, a gable roof added to the original 1884 building, and a large chimney (right) erected to complement the original smaller one (left).
If you were in Piqua in late March 1913, standing in front of the old Edison building looking east, this is what you would have seen. This is the Great Flood of 1913 when the Great Miami River swallowed most every town along it length. Sitting on higher ground, the Edison building was spared.
There are very few picture of the Piqua Edison Electric Light Illuminating Company. With the exception of the picture on the History page, all of the other ones we have found show the Edison building in the background. The two best images are shown below.
The Edison building is shown here shortly after 1910, behind and to the right of the building with the "Henry George" sign. The premises were occupied by a tin shop after the power plant moved to another location. The front room has been removed and only one chimney (the smaller one) remained. By this time, the Miami-Erie Canal was no longer used.