Mountaineer Power Plant

The Mountaineer Power Plant is a major coal-fired power plant outside , , USA. Owned by American Electric Power, it has one of the tallest chimneys in the world at 336 metres.
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
  • Type: Power station
  • Description: major coal-fired electricity-generating station in New Haven, West Virginia, USA
  • Also known as: Mountaineer Plant

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antiquity and Carletonville.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mountaineer Power Plant.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mountaineer Power Plant.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located on County Route 1, 2 miles south-southwest of Hartford. is situated 4 miles west of Mountaineer Power Plant.

Mountaineer Power Plant

Latitude
38.97848° or 38° 58′ 43″ north
Longitude
-81.93594° or 81° 56′ 9″ west
Inception
September 1980
Operator
American Electric Power
Open location code
86CWX3H7+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186792675
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q2194720
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Satellite Map

Discover Mountaineer Power Plant from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Mountaineer Power Plant” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 登山家發電廠
  • Dutch: Elektriciteitscentrale Mountaineer
  • Japanese: マウンテニア発電所
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mountaineer kullkraftverk
  • Norwegian: Mountaineer kullkraftverk

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Philip Sporn Power Plant and Racine Post Office.

Nearby Places

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