Shawnee Fossil Plant
The Shawnee Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, located near Paducah, Kentucky. The closest city is Metropolis, Illinois, across the Ohio River to the northeast.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massac Memorial Hospital.
Massac Memorial Hospital
Hospital building
Massac Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed general medical and surgical hospital located in Metropolis, Illinois, United States. In 2011, the hospital had 1,002 admissions, 10,031 emergency department visits, and 25,365 outpatient visits. Massac Memorial Hospital is situated 2½ miles northeast of Shawnee Fossil Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metropolis and Grahamville.
Metropolis
Metropolis is a small city in Southern Illinois probably named out of wishful thinking which hasn't really been borne out. The town's current claim to fame is as the host for a floating riverboat casino run by the Harrah's casino chain of Reno, Nevada.
Grahamville
Hamlet
Grahamville is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Grahamville is situated 3 miles south of Shawnee Fossil Plant.
West Paducah
Hamlet
West Paducah is an unincorporated community in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 361 feet. West Paducah is situated 5 miles southeast of Shawnee Fossil Plant.
Shawnee Fossil Plant
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired power plant in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: McCracken, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.14847° or 37° 8′ 55″ northLongitude
-88.77823° or 88° 46′ 42″ westInception
April 1953Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
869H46XC+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 1246287257OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7491519
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Shawnee Fossil Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shawnee kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shawnee kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Shawnee kullkraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Metropolis Lake State Nature Preserve and Hopper Cemetery.
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