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| Coordinates | 39°49′48″N 80°49′05″W / 39.82997°N 80.81797°W |
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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 1,206-foot (368 m) tall chimney, which was built in 1971.[1] This smokestack was once the tallest in the world for a short period of time. As of 2013[update] 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]
- ^ "Mitchell Power Plant". Skyscraper Page. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "Comparison Diagram of World's Tallest Chimneys". Skyscraper Page. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ "Fire traps workers atop W. Va. Smokestack". NBC News. March 5, 2006.
- ^ "Families settle for $27M in fatal W.Va. Smokestack fire".