Private company
Seattle Steam Company
District heating public utility
CenTrio, formerly known as the Seattle Steam Company, is a district heating public utility that provides steam (generated by burning natural gas, diesel oil, and recycled wood) to over 175 businesses in downtown Seattle and on First and Capitol Hills via 18 miles of steam pipeline. Its plants are located on Western Avenue at Union Street, just west of Pike Place Market, and on Post Avenue at Yesler Way, in Pioneer Square.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersSeattle1
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CenTrio, formerly known as the Seattle Steam Company, is a district heating public utility that provides steam (generated by burning natural gas, diesel oil, and recycled wood) to over 175 businesses in downtown Seattle and on First and Capitol Hills via 18 miles of steam pipeline. Its plants are located on Western Avenue at Union Street, just west of Pike Place Market, and on Post Avenue at Yesler Way, in Pioneer Square.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Enwave since May 2014
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaSeattle Steam Company
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7442183
Sources
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- 2WikipediaSeattle Steam Company on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSeattle Steam Company photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0