Tanner’s Creek Generating Station
Tanner's Creek Generating Station was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana. Located on the north bank of Ohio River along Tanners Creek, it was one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: electrical power plant in Indiana, US
- Also known as: “Tanner’s Creek kullkraftverk”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Daniel S. Major House and Lawrenceburg High School.
Daniel S. Major House
House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Lawrenceburg High School
School
Lawrenceburg High School is a high school located in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The current building was built in 1937. In 1964 the new gym was built to bring the sectionals back to Lawrenceburg. Lawrenceburg High School is situated 1¼ miles north of Tanner’s Creek Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petersburg and Lawrenceburg.
Petersburg
Hamlet
Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 500.
Lawrenceburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Utah
Neighborhood
Utah is a populated location in Dearborn County, Indiana, in the United States. Utah is situated 2½ miles southwest of Tanner’s Creek Generating Station.
Tanner’s Creek Generating Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Dearborn, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.08163° or 39° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
-84.86228° or 84° 51′ 44″ west
Established
March 1951
Operator
Commercial Development Company
Open location code
86FQ34JQ+M3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Tanner’s Creek Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanner’s Creek kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Tanner’s Creek kraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tanners Creek and Lawrenceburg/Aurora Trail Park.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Tanners Creek and Orscheln Farm & Home.
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