Widows_Creek_Fossil_Plant
Widows Creek Fossil Plant
Decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
Widows Creek Fossil Plant (also known as the Widows Creek Power Plant) was a 1.6-gigawatt (1,600 MW) coal power plant, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) east of Stevenson, Alabama, USA. The plant, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, generated about nine billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. It had one of the tallest chimneys in the world at 305 metres (1,001 ft), which was built in 1977, and was removed December 3, 2020 in a controlled demolition.[1] Along with the Chimney of the Harllee Branch Power Plant, it is the tallest chimney to be demolished in the United States.