Kyger Creek Power Plant
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: coal power plant in Gallia County, Ohio
- Address: OH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mason County Airport and 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 1½ miles east of Kyger Creek Power Plant.
Gavin Power Plant
Power station
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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. Gavin Power Plant is situated 1½ miles north of 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. Eightmile Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Kyger Creek 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 3 miles northeast of Kyger Creek 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 3½ miles northeast of Kyger Creek 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 4½ miles northeast of Kyger Creek Power Plant.
Kyger Creek Power Plant
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Addison Township, Gallia, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.91615° or 38° 54′ 58″ northLongitude
-82.12774° or 82° 7′ 40″ westElevation
574 feet (175 metres)Inception
February 1955Operator
Ohio Valley Electric CorpOpen location code
86CVWV8C+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 107015084OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kyger Creek Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “凱格溪發電廠”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Kyger Creek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kyger Creek kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Kyger Creek kullkraftverk”
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