John E. Amos Power Plant
John E. Amos Power Plant is a three-unit coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power. With a nameplate rating of 2,933 MW, it is the largest generating plant in the AEP system.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired power station in Winfield, West Virginia
- Also known as: “John Amos Power Plant”
- Address: WV
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poca High School.
Poca High School
School
Poca High School, originally named "Pocatalico District High School", is a high school in Poca, West Virginia, United States. It serves the easternmost portion of Putnam County and is a part of the Putnam County Schools. Poca High School is situated 1 mile southeast of John E. Amos Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poca and Morgans Landing.
Poca
Village
Poca is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The town derives its name from the Pocatalico River.
Morgans Landing
Locality
Morgans Landing is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The community is located at the mouth of Bills Creek on the Kanawha River along U.S. Route 35.
Raymond City
Hamlet
Raymond City is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The town is located at the mouth of the Pocatalico River at the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62. The community is to the immediate north of the town of Poca.
John E. Amos Power Plant
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Putnam, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.47174° or 38° 28′ 18″ northLongitude
-81.82627° or 81° 49′ 35″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Inception
September 1971Operator
Appalachian PowerOpen location code
86CWF5CF+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 419366187OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“John E. Amos Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة جون اموس للطاقة”
- Finnish: “John E. Amos Power Plant”
- French: “centrale de John E. Amos”
- French: “Centrale de John E. Amos”
- German: “John E. Amos Power Plant”
- German: “Kraftwerk John E. Amos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amos kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John E. Amos kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John E. Amos kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “John E. Amos kullkraftverk”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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