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Inco Superstack (City of Sudbury)

Canada / Ontario / Sudbury / City of Sudbury
 chimney, interesting place
The Inco Superstack is the tallest freestanding chimney in the Western hemisphere, with a height of 381 m (1,257 ft).
For the tallest freestanding chimney in the World (2007) see wikimapia.org/#lat=51.886778&lon=75.375378&z=13&l=5&m=...

Hayes, Peter: "Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape" (New York, W.W.Norton, 2005), p.47.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inco_Superstack
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Coordinates:   46°28'48"N   81°3'23"W

Comments

  • bobq
    when i was a kid, didn't matter were in the city i was, i always new which way was home... using the stack as my guide
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