G. G. Allen Steam Station
G. G. Allen Steam Station was a 1.140 GW coal-fired electricity generating facility, located in South Point Township, Gaston County, North Carolina, on man-made Lake Wylie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Murr Rhame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Murr Rhame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired electricity generating facility located in Gaston County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “G.G. Allen Steam Plant”
- Address: 253 Plant Allen Road, Belmont, NC 28012
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dixie and Steele Creek.
Dixie
Hamlet
Dixie is an unincorporated community in western Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Centered at the intersection of Dixie River Road and Wallace Neel Road; the rural community has shrunk since the start of the 21st century with the expansion of Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the westward expansion of Charlotte. Dixie is situated 3 miles northeast of G. G. Allen Steam Station.
Steele Creek
Steele Creek is a neighborhood and major district in Charlotte. Steele Creek is located along Lake Wylie in the far southwest quadrant of Charlotte primarily bordered by Interstate 485 to the east and located south of the Charlotte Airport.
Belmont
Photo: RoxylovesHistory, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belmont is a small suburban city in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, located about 9 miles east of Gastonia. The population was 15,010 at the 2020 census.
G. G. Allen Steam Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Gaston County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.18533° or 35° 11′ 7″ northLongitude
-81.01171° or 81° 0′ 42″ westInception
June 1957Operator
Duke EnergyOpen location code
867W5XPQ+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 844059211OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5512241
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“G. G. Allen Steam Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “G. G. Allen 發電廠”
- German: “Kraftwerk G. G. Allen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “G. G. Allen kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “G. G. Allen kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “G. G. Allen kullkraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Pleasant Cemetery and J W Stowe Lake.
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