Harllee Branch Power Plant

Plant Harllee Branch
Plant Harllee Branch
	Power plant chimney
Country	United States
Location	Putnam County, near Eatonton, Georgia
Coordinates	33°11′38″N 83°17′59″W / 33.19389°N 83.29972°WCoordinates: 33°11′38″N 83°17′59″W / 33.19389°N 83.29972°W
Status	Decommissioned
Commission date	1961
Decommission date	2015
Owner(s)	Georgia Power
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	1,539 MW (2,064,000 hp)
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Plant Harllee Branch was a coal-fired power station located in Putnam County, southeast of Eatonton, Georgia, USA. It was located between Eatonton and Milledgeville, to the southeast. The power plant was owned and operated by Georgia Power. It was named after Harllee Branch Jr., president of Georgia Power.

The power plant had one of the tallest chimneys in the world, built in 1978. The chimney stood 1,007-foot tall (307 m),^[1] and was visible, on clear days, up to approximately 20 miles (32 km) away. Boaters used the chimney to navigate Lake Sinclair, because the power plant was located at US 441, and was a central point on the lake.

Georgia Power closed this plant in April 2015.^[2]

The demolition of the chimney was scheduled for October 9, 2016^[3] but was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. On October 15, shortly after 8 AM, a controlled demolition took down the stack. It is the tallest multi-flue windscreen to ever be demolished.^[4]