3-2-1 boom! The 500-foot stacks and boilers at the retired Widows Creek Fossil Plant near Stevenson, Ala., come crashing down as we make room for the future. We salute the dedicated employees who staffed the plant over the past 60 years. Learn more https://t.co/uQzEML1S6y pic.twitter.com/7kslEpXI7N
— Tennessee Valley Authority (@TVAnews) September 27, 2019
Although I respect that coal provided the economy of many impoverished communities and the lifeblood of electricity for many others – I am no fan of coal plants or coal mining. Today, TVA demolished the fabled Widow’s Creek steam plant releasing the video above on Twitter.
Some once believed that Widow’s Creek would be supplanted by the ultimately ill-fated Bellefonte Nuclear plant which, in spite of near complete construction, never actually came on-line. TVA says others sources have replaced the power lost from the decommission of the coal plant.
©2019 – Jim Casey
