Navajo Generating Station

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Navajo Generating Station is a coal-fired powerplant with a power of 2280 megawatts at Page, Arizona, USA (Geograpical coordinates: [36°54′12″N, 111°23′25″W]). Navajo Generating Station has three 236 meter high chimneys, which are the tallest structures in Arizona. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It was assembled during the 1970s and began producing commercial power in 1975. The construction costs were $650 million, with an additional $420 million for new environmental scrubbers.

The power plant was served by coal mined at the Black Mesa Mine near Kayenta, Arizona and hauled by the Black Mesa and Lake Powell railroad. On December 31 2005 the Black Mesa Mine was closed by its owner, Peabody Energy.

Pollution from the plant has lowered visibity at the Grand Canyon National Park.

External links

• http://www.structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0013991
• [SRP]

 

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