Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island

USA / West Virginia / Belmont /
 thermal power station, coal-fired
One Power Station Boulevard, State Route Two, Willow island West Virginia 26134

The plant is capable of generating 1,300 megawatts of power.

The EPA required cooling towers which turned out to have a tremendous cost in Human life. A scaffolding failure during the construction of the number two cooling tower killed all of the workers at the 168 foot level of the 430 foot concrete cooling tower. Many workers were buried within sight of the tower in local cemeteries. In all 51 men died instantly in the Thursday, April 27, 1978, tragedy.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasants_Power_Station
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Coordinates:   39°22'0"N   81°17'44"W
This article was last modified 10 years ago