Kingston Fossil Plant

Kingston Fossil Plant, commonly known as Kingston Steam Plant, is a Tennessee Valley Authority 1.7-GW coal-burning power plant located at coord|35|53|54|N|84|31|08|W|display=inline,title in Kingston, Tennessee on the shore of Watts Bar Lake. Begun in 1951, it was the largest coal-fired power plant in the world when completed in 1955. The plant has nine generating units: units 1–4, rated at 175 MWe each (launched into service in 1954), and units 5–9, rated at 200 MWe each (launched in 1955). [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-07-14] It produces about ten billion kilowatt hours of electricity from some five million tons of coal each year. In 1976, its original stacks were taken out of service (though left standing) and replaced by a pair of 305-meter-tall chimneys, one for units 1–5 and one for units 6–9. [ [http://icac.com/Files/Borio.pdf ICAC Forum '02 ] ] The plant is a popular site for birdwatchers, as many waterfowl come to the settling and treatment ponds nearby. [ [http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/KingstonSteamPlant.htm Birding at Kingston Steam Plant] ]

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* [http://www.tva.gov/sites/kingston.htm TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant page]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b5014 Entry for chimneys at skyscraperpage.com]