Capital Accounts, Redeemable Preferred Limited Partner Interests (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Preferred units outstanding, beginning balance (in units)	50,138
Series A cumulative convertible preferred units, paid-in kind distribution (in units)	274
Preferred units outstanding, ending balance (in units)	50,412
Total distributions paid to convertible preferred unitholders \| $	$ 0.9
Cash distributions paid to convertible preferred unitholders \| $	$ 0.6

Cash distributions paid to convertible preferred unitholders.

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The number of securities classified as temporary equity that were issued as a paid in kind distribution during the period.

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Total distributions paid to convertible preferred unitholders.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The number of securities classified as temporary equity that have been issued and are held by the entity's shareholders. Securities outstanding equals securities issued minus securities held in treasury. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. If convertible, the issuer does not control the actions or events necessary to issue the maximum number of shares that could be required to be delivered under the conversion option if the holder exercises the option to convert the stock to another class of equity. If the security is a warrant or a rights issue, the warrant or rights issue is considered to be temporary equity if the issuer cannot demonstrate that it would be able to deliver upon the exercise of the option by the holder in all cases. Includes stock with put option held by ESOP and stock redeemable by holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(27)(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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