Plant Harllee Branch was a coal-fired
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many p ...
located in
Putnam County, southeast of
Eatonton, Georgia
Eatonton is a city in and county seat of Putnam County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 6,307. It was named after William Eaton, an officer and diplomat involved in the First Barbary War. The name con ...
, United States. It was located between Eatonton and
Milledgeville, to the southeast. The power plant was owned and operated by
Georgia Power
Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolida ...
. It was named after Harllee Branch Jr., president of Georgia Power.
The power plant had one of the
tallest chimneys in the world, built in 1978. The chimney stood , and was visible, on clear days, up to approximately away. Boaters used the chimney to navigate
Lake Sinclair
Lake Sinclair is a man-made lake in central Georgia near Milledgeville. It is operated by Georgia Power.
The lake was named after Benjamin W. Sinclair, a Georgia Power official.
Location
Located in the central region of Georgia, on the Oconee ...
, because the power plant was located at
US 441
U.S. Route 441 (US 441) is a auxiliary route of U.S. Route 41. It extends from US 41 in Miami, Florida to US 25W in Rocky Top, Tennessee. Between its termini, US 441 travels through the states of Florida, Georgia, North ...
, and was a central point on the lake.
Georgia Power closed this plant in April 2015.
The demolition of the chimney was scheduled for October 9, 2016. but was postponed due to
Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew was an extremely powerful Atlantic hurricane which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane sinc ...
On October 15, shortly after 8 AM, a controlled demolition took down the stack. It is the tallest multi-flue windscreen to ever be demolished.
See also
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List of tallest chimneys
This is a list of the tallest chimneys of the world.
Use
Although many kinds of industrial facilities have tall chimneys most of the chimneys with heights of 200 metres and more are part of thermal, especially coal-fired power stations. Only a f ...
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List of tallest freestanding structures
This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed tow ...
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List of tallest demolished freestanding structures
This is a list of tallest demolished freestanding structures in the world. To be freestanding a structure must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed towers and d ...
References
External links
Chimney Diagram
Energy infrastructure completed in 1961
Towers completed in 1978
Former coal-fired power stations in the United States
Towers in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Putnam County, Georgia
Chimneys in the United States
Georgia Power
Demolished power stations in the United States
Former power stations in Georgia (U.S. state)
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