Mitchell Power Plant

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox power station

Mitchell Power Plant is a large coal fired power station located on West Virginia Route 2 south of Moundsville, West Virginia, United States.

It has a Template:Convert tall chimney, which was built in 1971.[1] This smokestack was once the tallest in the world for a short period of time. Template:As of it is the sixth tallest, and still the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern United States.[2]

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.[3] Three of the workers were rescued by helicopter evacuation; a fourth worker at the site, Gerald Talbert, died from the accident.[4]

See also

Script error: No such module "Portal".

Template:S-achTemplate:S-end

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:Sister project

Template:Supertall chimneys


Template:Asbox

Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check World's tallest chimney
367.6 m (1206 ft)

1968-1971 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".