Gavin Power Plant
General James M. Gavin Power Plant is a 2,600-megawatt supercritical coal-fired power station in the village of Cheshire, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, a 50–50 joint venture of The Blackstone Group L.P. and ArcLight Capital Partners.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired power plant in Cheshire, Ohio
- Also known as: “James A Gavin Power Plant” and “James M. Gavin Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eightmile Island and Kyger Creek Power Plant.
Eightmile Island
Island
Eightmile Island is a forested island on the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia. The island is located directly across the river from the village of Cheshire, Ohio and American Electric Power Company power plant facilities there.
Kyger Creek Power Plant
Power station
Photo: FunksBrother, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyger Creek Power Plant is a 1.08-gigawatt, 1,086 coal-fired power station located south of Cheshire, Ohio in Gallia County, Ohio. It is operated by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation. Kyger Creek Power Plant is situated 1½ miles south of Gavin Power Plant.
Mason County Airport
Aerodrome
Mason County Airport is a public use airport in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Mason County Commission and located four nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Mason County Airport is situated 2 miles southeast of Gavin Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maggie and Lakin.
Maggie
Hamlet
Maggie is an unincorporated community in Mason County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Maggie is situated 2 miles northeast of Gavin Power Plant.
Lakin
Hamlet
Lakin is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Lakin is located on West Virginia Route 62, 5 miles southwest of Mason. The community was named after one M. Lakin, a state official. Lakin is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gavin Power Plant.
Silver Run
Hamlet
Silver Run is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Silver Run is situated 3 miles northeast of Gavin Power Plant.
Gavin Power Plant
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.93535° or 38° 56′ 7″ northLongitude
-82.11983° or 82° 7′ 11″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Inception
October 1974Operator
Gavin Power, LLCOpen location code
86CVWVPJ+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 389629672OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“Gavin Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة جيمس غافن للطاقة”
- Arabic: “محطة_جيمس_غافن_للطاقة”
- Chinese: “嘉文將軍發電廠”
- French: “centrale de Gavin”
- French: “Centrale thermique Gavin”
- German: “Kraftwerk Gavin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gavin kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gavin kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “James A. Gavin kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Gavin kullkraftverk”
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