Mitchell Power Plant is a large
coal
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Coal i ...
fired
power station
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located on
West Virginia Route 2
West Virginia Route 2 is a state highway in the US state of West Virginia. It generally parallels the Ohio River along the western border of the state, from U.S. Route 60 in Huntington (just west of the East End Bridge) northeasterly to U.S. ...
south of
Moundsville, West Virginia
Moundsville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 8,122 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The city w ...
, United States.
It has a tall chimney, which was built in 1971. This smokestack was once the tallest in the world for a short period of time. it is the sixth tallest, and still the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern United States.
A second 1,000 foot tall smokestack was built in 2006 to comply with emission regulations. On March 6, a fire broke out at the top of the new stack trapping several construction workers just as they were finishing the installation of the stack's fiberglass liner. Three of the workers were rescued by helicopter evacuation; a fourth worker at the site, Gerald Talbert, died from the accident.
See also
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List of chimneys
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List of towers
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List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity ...
References
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Diagram of Mitchell Power Plant Chimney
Energy infrastructure completed in 1971
Towers completed in 1971
FirstEnergy
Buildings and structures in Marshall County, West Virginia
Coal-fired power stations in West Virginia
Towers in West Virginia
Chimneys in the United States
Moundsville, West Virginia
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