William H. Zimmer Power Station
The William H. Zimmer Power Station, located near Moscow, Ohio, was a 1.35-gigawatt coal power plant. Planned by Cincinnati Gas and Electric, with Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric and Dayton Power & Light as its partners, it was originally intended to be a nuclear power plant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal power plant in Clermont County, Ohio
- Also known as: “W. H. Zimmer Generating Station” and “William H Zimmer Nuclear Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grant Birthplace.
Grant Birthplace
Heritage site
The Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Monroe Township, Ohio was the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, who was born there in 1822. The home was built in 1817, and in 1821 Jesse Root Grant wed Hannah Simpson Grant and they moved into the home where they paid $2 a month rent. Grant Birthplace is situated 1½ miles north of William H. Zimmer Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moscow and Mentor.
Moscow
Village
Photo: Aesopposea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moscow is a village in Clermont County, Ohio. The population was 155 at the time of the 2020 census. The William H. Zimmer Power Station, a coal-fired power plant that was converted from a planned nuclear power plant during construction, is partially located within village limits.
Mentor
Village
Mentor is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 218 as of the 2020 census.
Point Pleasant
Hamlet
Point Pleasant is a small unincorporated community in southern Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Ohio River, around 25 miles southeast of Cincinnati. Point Pleasant is situated 1½ miles north of William H. Zimmer Power Station.
William H. Zimmer Power Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Washington Township, Clermont County, Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.87056° or 38° 52′ 14″ northLongitude
-84.22806° or 84° 13′ 41″ westElevation
531 feet (162 metres)Inception
March 1991Operator
Duke Energy;Dayton Power & Light;American Electric PowerOpen location code
86CQVQCC+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 129145081OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“William H. Zimmer Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威廉·齊默發電站”
- Chinese: “威廉·齐默发电站”
- German: “Kraftwerk William H. Zimmer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “William H. Zimmer kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “William H. Zimmer kullkraftverk”
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