Widows Creek Fossil Plant

Widows Creek Fossil Plant was a 1.6-gigawatt coal power plant, 4.8 miles east of , United States. The plant, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, generated about nine billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
  • Also known as: “Widows Creek Power Plant”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stevenson and Bridgeport.

Village
is a city in , United States, and is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. is situated 4½ miles west of Widows Creek Fossil Plant.

Town
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is a city in , United States. At the time of 2020 census the population was 2,264, down from 2,418 in 2010. is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. is situated 5 miles northeast of Widows Creek Fossil Plant.

Widows Creek Fossil Plant

Latitude
34.88366° or 34° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
-85.75431° or 85° 45′ 16″ west
Inception
July 1952
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
866PV6MW+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 207420025
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q2013497
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Widows Creek Fossil Plant” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Ridley Cemetery and Snowford Church.

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