Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant
Marble Hill Nuclear Power Station was an unfinished nuclear power plant in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, near Hanover, Indiana, USA. In 1983, the Public Service Company of Indiana announced it was abandoning the half-finished nuclear power plant, on which $2.5 billion had already been spent.Photo: Bryan Napier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: former unfinished nuclear power plant in Jefferson County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant (Dismantled)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lee Bottom Airport and Trimble County Generating Station.
Lee Bottom Airport
Aerodrome
Lee Bottom Airport is a privately owned and public use airport 6 miles south of Hanover, in Jefferson County, Indiana. The airport was re-opened in April 1991. Lee Bottom Airport is situated 2 miles north of Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Trimble County Generating Station
Power station
Louisville Gas & Electric is a utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky. A subsidiary of PPL Corporation through the LG&E and KU Energy subsidiary, LG&E serves over 429,000 electric and over 333,000 natural gas customers, covers an area of 700 square miles, and has a total regulated electric generation capacity of 2,760 megawatts. Trimble County Generating Station is situated 2 miles southeast of Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otto and Paynesville.
Otto
Hamlet
Otto is an unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Clark County, Indiana. Otto is situated 2½ miles southwest of Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Paynesville
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Flook, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paynesville is an unincorporated community in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. Paynesville is situated 2½ miles northwest of Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Wises Landing
Hamlet
Wises Landing is a hamlet located in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. It is at the mouth of Barebone Creek, two miles from Corn Creek creek, at the headwaters of which is Corn Creek Church. Wises Landing is situated 3 miles southeast of Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.
Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant
- Categories: abandoned project, nuclear power plant, and industry
- Location: Saluda Township, Jefferson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.60182° or 38° 36′ 7″ northLongitude
-85.44923° or 85° 26′ 57″ westOpen location code
86CPJH22+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 837204459OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q14688597
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة ماربل هيل للطاقة النووية”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Marble Hill”
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Highlights include Stucker Fork and Elizabeth Church.
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