Schilling Power Station
The Schilling Power Station was an oil-fired power station in the proximity of the nuclear power station at Stade. It went into operation in 1960, was extended in 1962 and 1964, and was shut down in the 1980s. Since it principally served Hamburg north for the electricity supply of Hamburg and fed its current into the transformer station, the first overhead line crossing of the Elbe was built at that time at Stade, the Elbe Crossing 1. The buildings still exist today and are occasionally used for disaster control exercises.
The chimney, with a height of 722 feet or 220 metres, was among the tallest structures in Germany.
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| Preceded by INCO Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery Stack, Greater Sudbury |
World's tallest chimney 220 m (722 ft) 1962–1967 |
Succeeded by Chimney of ASARCO |
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Coordinates: 53°37′01″N 9°32′02″E / 53.61694°N 9.53389°E
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