Widows Creek Fossil Plant
Widows Creek Fossil Plant was a 1.6-gigawatt coal power plant, 4.8 miles east of Stevenson, Alabama, United States. The plant, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, generated about nine billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.
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- …is also known as “Widows Creek Power Plant”
- …is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Description: decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
- Established: July 1952
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stevenson and Bridgeport.
Stevenson
Village
Stevenson is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United… Stevenson is situated 4½ miles west of Widows Creek Fossil Plant.
Bridgeport
Town
Widows Creek Fossil Plant
- Category: coal-fired power station
- Location
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Latitude
34.88366° or 34° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
-85.75431° or 85° 45′ 16″ west
Open location code
866PV6MW+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Widows Creek Fossil Plant” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “寡婦溪發電廠”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Widows Creek”
- French: “centrale thermique de Widows Creek”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Widows Creek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Widows Creek kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Widows Creek kullkraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ridley Cemetery and Snowford Church.
Nearby Places
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Alabama: Highlights
Notable places include Montgomery and Birmingham.
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