This list of the tallest chimneys in the world ranks chimneys by height.
Although many kinds of industrial facilities have tall chimneys, most of the chimneys with heights of 200m (700feet) or more are part of thermal, especially coal-fired power stations. This is to increase the stack effect and disperse pollutants. Only a few smelters, steel mills, chemical factories and oil refineries use such tall chimneys.
Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structures of a country).
Held record | Name and location | Completed | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Notes | ||
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From | To | ||||||
1820 | 1835 | Chimney of North Lotts Glass Bottle Company, Dublin, Ireland | 1820 | 30 | 95 | ||
1835 | 1842 | Adams' Soap Works Chimney, Smethwick, Birmingham, England, UK | September–October 1836 | 97.5 | 312 | ||
1842 | 1859 | Tennant's Stalk, Glasgow, Scotland, UK[1] | 29 June 1842[2] | 132.7 | 435.5 | Struck by lightning and shortened; demolished in 1922.[3] | |
1859 | 1885 | Port Dundas Townsend Chimney, Glasgow, Scotland, UK | 6 October 1859 | 138.3 | 454 | Demolished in 1928.[4] [5] | |
1885 | 1889 | Langer Emil, Mechernich, Germany | 19 September 1885 | 134.6 | 442 | Demolished on 28 October 1961.[6] | |
1889 | 1908 | Halsbrücker Esse, Halsbrücke, Germany | 28 October 1889 | 140 | 459 | ||
1908 | 1914 | The Big Stack, Great Falls, Montana, US | 23 November 1908 | 154.8 | 508 | Demolished in 1982. | |
1914 | 1916 | Hitachi Smelter and Refinery Stack, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan[7] | 13 March 1914 | 155.7 | 511 | Partially collapsed in 1993. | |
1916 | 1917 | Saganoseki Smelter and Refinery First Stack, Saganoseki, Ōita, Japan[8] | November 1916 | 167.6 | 550 | Demolished in 2013. | |
1917 | 1919 | Ruston Smelter Stack, Ruston, Washington, US | 1917 | 174.0 | 571 | Demolished on 17 January 1993. | |
1919 | 1937 | Anaconda Smelter Stack, Anaconda, Montana, US | 5 May 1919 | 178.3 | 585 | Tallest chimney built of bricks. | |
1937 | 1951 | Lead Smelter Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, Selby, California, US[9] | 1937 | 184.7 | 606 | Possibly demolished in 1972–73. | |
1951 | 1954 | Lead Smelter Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, El Paso, Texas, US | 1950–51 | 183 or 186 | 600[10] [11] or 611'8"[12] [13] [14] | Conflicting information on actual height or the chimney's height may have been subsequently reduced. Demolished in April 2013. | |
1954 | 1962 | INCO Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery Stack, Sudbury, Ontario,[15] Canada | 1954 | 194 | 637 | ||
1962 | 1965 | Chimney of Schilling Power Station, Stade, West Germany (now Germany) | 1962 | 220 | 722 | Demolished in 2006.[16] | |
1965 | 1966 | 1st chimney of ASARCO Copper Smelter, El Paso, Texas, US | 1965 | 248 | 813 | Possibly demolished. | |
1966 | 1967 | Chimney of Kashira Power Plant, Kashira, USSR (now Russia) | 1966[17] [18] | 250 | 820 | also used as electricity pylons for a 220 kV-line from the power station to the switchyard | |
1967 | 1967 | 2nd chimney of ASARCO Copper Smelter, El Paso, Texas, US[19] | 30 January 1967 | 252.5 | 828 | Demolished in April 2013. | |
1967 | 1968 | Chimney of Lippendorf Power Station, Neukieritzsch, East Germany (now Germany) | 1967 | 300 | 984 | Demolished in 2005. | |
1968 | 1971 | Chimney of Mitchell Power Plant, Moundsville, West Virginia, US[20] [21] | 26 October 1968 | 367.6 | 1,206 | ||
1971 | 1987 | Vale Superstack, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada | 1971 | 380 | 1,247 | ||
1987 | GRES-2 Power Station, Ekibastuz, USSR (now Kazakhstan) | 1987 | 419.7 | 1,377 |
Hamon Custodis claims to have built a 707feet[14] stack in 1953,[22] but there are no references to the location or client of this/these stack(s). Skyscraperpage indicates the 846adj=midNaNadj=mid chimney of Omskaya Cogeneration Plant #4 was built in 1965,[23] but it is likely that this date is referring to the construction of the first section of the plant with the smaller chimney. No other references or information can be found to corroborate this claim.
Indicates a structure that is no longer standing.
Name | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | Town | Remarks | ||
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1,377 ft | 419.7 m | 1987 | Tallest chimney in the world.[24] | ||||
1,250 ft | 380.1 m | 1971 | Tallest chimney in the Western Hemisphere.[25] Scheduled for demolition.[26] | ||||
1,217 ft | 371 m | 1977 | Tallest chimney in the United States. This chimney is no longer in service, being replaced by one of 860feet that serves the flue gas scrubber retro-fitted to Unit 3 in 2001. | ||||
1,215 ft | 370.4 m | 1974 | Tallest chimney west of the Mississippi. | ||||
1,214 ft | 370 m | 1985 | Tallest chimney in Russia. | ||||
1,206 ft | 367.6 m | 1968 | Tallest chimney in the world from 1968 to 1971. No longer in service, having been replaced by a 1000feet 2 flue chimney serving the scrubber that was retrofitted to the plant in 2006. | ||||
1,181 ft | 360 m | 1976 (1 June) | Tallest chimney in Europe.[27] | ||||
1,168 ft | 356 m | 1974 | [28] The tallest multi-flue chimney in the world, and also the most massive chimney in the world by volume of materials used in construction. | ||||
1,153 ft | 351.5 m | 1995 | Tallest structure in Romania.[29] | ||||
1,148 ft[30] | 350 m | 1980 | |||||
1,125 ft | 343 m | 1981 | Demolished by explosives on 16 February 2023. Created a new world record as the tallest freestanding structure ever demolished by explosives. | ||||
1,116 ft[31] | 340 m | 1999 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | Demolished on 3 December 2006. Height confirmed as 300m (1,000feet) rather than 337m (1,106feet). | ||||
1103 ft | 336.2 m | 1980 | This chimney is no longer in service, having been replaced by one of 1000feet that serves the flue gas scrubbers retrofitted to the plant. | ||||
1,083 ft | 330 m | 1991 | |||||
3rd chimney of Primorskaya GRES | 1,083 ft | 330 m | 1990 | ||||
2nd chimney of Gusinoozyorskaya GRES | 1,083 ft | 330 m[32] | 1988 | ||||
1,083 ft | 330 m[33] | 1987[34] | Dnestrovsc[35] | ||||
Chimney of Novo-Angrenskaya Power Plant | 1,083 ft | 330 m[36] | 1985 | ||||
2 chimneys of Permskaya GRES | 1,083 ft | 330 m | 1982[37] /1992[38] | ||||
1,083 ft | 330 m | 1982 | |||||
1083 ft | 330 m | 1981 | Zuhres, Donetsk Oblast[39] | ||||
1,083 ft | 330 m | 1979 | |||||
1,066 ft | 325 m | 1987 | |||||
1,065 ft | 324.6 m | 1980[40] | |||||
1,065 ft | 324.6 m | 1977[41] /1980[42] | No.2, No.3 | ||||
1,050 ft | 320 m | 1984/1986 | |||||
1,050 ft | 320 m[43] | 1981/1990 | Tallest free-standing structure west of the South Caucasus. | ||||
1,050 ft | 320 m | 1980 | |||||
1,050 ft | 320 m | 1973/1980 | |||||
1,050 ft | 320 m | 1972/1975[44] /1975 | |||||
1,050 ft | 320 m | 1972/1977[45] | Enerhodar[46] | ||||
1,038 ft | 316.4 m | 1984 | |||||
1,017 ft | 310 m | 1985 | |||||
1,011 ft | 308.15 m | 1982 | |||||
1,007 ft | 307 m | 1978 | Demolished on 15 October 2016 by explosives. | ||||
1,007 ft | 307 m | 1984 | |||||
1,004 ft | 306 m | 1977 | |||||
1,004 ft | 306 m | 1972 | [47] | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1983/1985 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1983 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1980 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1980 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1977 | Demolished on 3 December 2020 by explosives. | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1977 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1976 | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1976[48] [49] | Units 1–5 & 6–9 | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1975[50] [51] | |||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1972/1973/1994[52] [53] | Units 1+2 & 2+3 | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1970/1971[54] [55] | Units 1&2 | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1970[56] [57] | Units 1&2 | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 1970 | Unit 7 | ||||
1,001 ft | 305 m | 197? | |||||
1,000 ft | 304.8 m | 1979/1980[58] [59] | |||||
1,000 ft | 304.8 m | 1977 | Unit 3 | ||||
1,000 ft | 304.8 m | 2006[60] | |||||
990 ft | 301.8 m | 1984 | |||||
988 ft | 301 m | 1979 | Tallest chimney in the Southern Hemisphere. | ||||
Chimney of Volzhskaya TEC-2 | 986 ft | 300.7 m | 1988 | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1967 | Briefly the tallest chimney in the world. Demolished in 2005. | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1968 | Demolished in 2002. | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1968 | also used as electricity pylon for the 220 kV-line leaving Unit D | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1974 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 197? | Demolished in 1995. | ||||
Chimney of Vojany Power Station, EVO 2 | 984 ft | 300 m | 1974 | Height was reduced to 175m (574feet) in 1998. | |||
984 ft | 300 m | 1974 | Demolished in 2011–2012. | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1974 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1976 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1978 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1978 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1979/1982 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1979 | Demolished in 2000, 2009[61] [62] and 2012.[63] [64] | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1980 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | Unit 2 | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1981 | Demolished in 2002–2007. | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1982 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1983 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1983 | |||||
Chimney of Kakanj Power Plant[65] | 984 ft | 300 m | 1987 | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1988 | |||||
Chimney of Bishkek TEC | 984 ft | 300 m[66] | 1989 | ||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1989 | |||||
984 ft | 300 m | 1997 | |||||
Litvínov Chimney | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | Under construction. | |||
Stružnice Chimney | 984 ft | 300 m | ? | ||||
974 ft | 297 m | 1984 | |||||
Chimney of Kostolac Power Station, Unit B | 968 ft | 295 m | 1987 | ||||
2nd chimney of | 951 ft | 290 m | 1984 | ||||
Chimney of Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Unit 1 + 2 | 950 ft | 289.6 m | 1976 | ||||
932 ft | 284 m | 1981 | |||||
3rd chimney of Krasnoyarskaya TEC-3 | 929 ft | 283.2 m | 1991 | ||||
925 ft | 282 m | 1982 | |||||
Chimney of Fundidora Mexicana de Cobre | 919 ft | 280 m | 1988 | ||||
Chimney of Nikola Tesla Power Station, Unit B | 918 ft | 280 m | 1983 | ||||
Chimney of CET Brașov | 918 ft | 280 m | ? | ||||
918 ft | 280 m | 1978/1980/1983/1987 | |||||
Chimney of CET Rovinari | 918 ft | 280 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of CET Pitești | 918 ft | 280 m | ? | ||||
2nd chimney of TEC-5 | 910 ft | 277.5 m | 1983 | ||||
3rd chimney of Matla Power Station Smokestack | 906 ft | 276 m | 1982 | Destroyed | |||
Chimney of TEC-6 | 906 ft | 276 m | 1982 | ||||
904 ft | 275.4 m | 1971/1973 | |||||
903 ft | 275.3 m | 1995 | Tallest in India. | ||||
4th chimney of Krasnoyarskaya TEC-1 | 902 ft | 275 m | 2020[67] | ||||
Chimney of Adhunik Power & Natural Resource Ltd | 902 ft | 275 m | 2012 | Padampur, Jharkhand | |||
902 ft | 275 m | 2009 | |||||
902 ft | 275 m | 2008 | |||||
Chimneys of Captive Power Plant, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd | 902 ft | 275 m | 2007 | ||||
902 ft | 275 m | 2004 | |||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1988/2005/2012 | |||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1988/1991 | |||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1985/1988 | |||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1985/1988 | |||||
Chimney of Ibbenbüren Power Station | 902 ft | 275 m | 1985 | ||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1984 | One stack is a replacement. Original stack was demolished after partial collapse of internal structure during construction. | ||||
902 ft | 275 m | 1976 | |||||
Chimney of Orhaneli Power Plant | 902 ft | 275 m | ? | ||||
901 ft | 274.5 m | 1982 | In January 2017, DP&L announced plans to close Killen Station in an agreement with the Sierra Club and several unnamed parties. The closure was planned for mid-2018.[68] | ||||
Chimney of Kammer Power Plant | 901 ft | 274.5 m | 1978 | ||||
2nd chimney of TEC-2 | 899 ft | 274 m[69] | 1989 | ||||
899 ft | 274 m | 1977 | |||||
Dětmarovice Chimney | 899 ft | 274 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Talimarjan Power Plant | 896 ft | 273 m[70] | 1989 | ||||
895 ft | 272.8 m | 1977 | Unit 3 | ||||
886 ft | 270 m[71] | 1990 | Unit 5 | ||||
3rd chimney of Tbilisi GRES | 886 ft | 270 m[72] | 1990 | ||||
2nd chimney of TEC-1 | 886 ft | 270 m[73] | 1987 | ||||
896 ft | 270 m[74] | 1985/1986/1991 | Surgut | ||||
2 chimneys of Tobolskaya TEC | 886 ft | 270 m | 1983/1986 | ||||
4th chimney of Krasnoyarskaya GRES-2 | 787 ft | 270 m[75] | 1983 | ||||
2nd chimney of Stavropolskaya GRES | 886 ft | 270 m | 1983 | ||||
Chimney of MIM Smelter (MIM Smelter Stack) | 886 ft | 270 m | 1978 | ||||
3rd chimney of Karmanovskaya GRES | 886 ft | 270 m[76] | 1973 | ||||
Chimney of Mělník Power Station | 886 ft | 270 m | 1971 | ||||
886 ft | 270 m | 1970 | |||||
1st chimney of | 886 ft | 270 m | 1972 | ||||
Chimneys of Shengtou Power Station 2 | 886 ft | 270 m | together with Chimney South of Suizhong Power Station the tallest chimneyd of China https://m.iask.sina.com.cn/b/13306748.html | ||||
Suizhong Power Station, Chimney South | 886 ft | 270 m | together with chimneys of Shengtou Power Station 2 the tallest chimney of China https://m.iask.sina.com.cn/b/13306748.html | ||||
3rd chimney of Naberezhnochelninskaya TEC | 869 ft | 265 m[77] | 1976 | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Kraków-Leg | 853 ft | 262 m | 1970 | ||||
853 ft | 262 m | 1970 | |||||
Chimney of TEC-5 | 853 ft | 260 m | 1985 | ||||
Chimney of Loy Yang Power Station, Unit B | 853 ft | 260 m | 1993 | ||||
853 ft | 260 m | 1972 | |||||
Chimney of Dětmarovice Power Station | 850 ft | 259 m | 1975 | ||||
Chimney of Shawville Generating Station | 850 ft | 259 m | 1976 | ||||
Chimney of R. E. Burger Power Plant | 850 ft | 259 m | 1972 | Demolished on 29 July 2016. | |||
2 chimneys of W. H. Sammis Power Plant, Unit 5 + 6 | 850 ft | 259 m | 1967 | ||||
850 ft | 259 m | 1969[78] | Drax, North Yorkshire, England | Tallest industrial chimney in the UK.[79] | |||
2nd chimney of TEC-4 | 848 ft | 258.5 m | 198? | ||||
Chimney of Robert W Scherer Power Plant New Units 3&4 | 847 ft | 258 m | 2010 | ||||
2nd chimney of Zapadno-Sibirskaya TEC | 843 ft | 257 m | 198? | ||||
Chimney of Unit 6 of Bremen-Hafen Power Station | 840 ft | 256 m | 1979 | ||||
Chimney Hamburg-Port | 840 ft | 256 m | ? | Demolished. During its demolition by explosives in April 2004, further damage occurred caused by miscalculation of debris trajectories. | |||
Chimney of Pruszków Power Plant | 830 ft | 256 m | ? | Power plant was never commissioned. | |||
838 ft | 255.4 m[80] | 1972 | |||||
2 сhimneys of Loy Yang Power Station, Unit A | 853 ft | 255 m | 1984/1988 | ||||
830 ft | 253 m | 1994 | |||||
2 chimneys of Yates Power Plant | 830 ft | 253 m | 1974 | One of the chimneys was demolished on 21 January 2017. | |||
2nd chimney of ASARCO El Paso Smelter | 828 ft | 252.5 m | 1967 | Very briefly the tallest chimney in the world. Demolished in April 2013. | |||
Chimney of Aramon Power Plant | 826.5 ft | 252 m | 1977 | ||||
825 ft | 251.5 m | 1973 | |||||
3rd chimney of Aksu GRES | 825 ft | 251.5 m[81] | 1973[82] | ||||
New Chimney of Kuznetskaya TEC | 823.5 ft | 251 m | 198? | ||||
Chimney of Hudbay Minerals Flin Flon Smelter | 823.5 ft | 251 m | 1973 | No longer in operation after smelter was shut down in 2010 | |||
2nd chimney of Volzhskaya TEC-1 | 823.5 ft | 251 m | 197? | ||||
821 ft | 250.2 m | 1992 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1996/2000 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1993 | No.1, No.2 | ||||
Chimney of Nizhnevartovsk GRES | 820 ft | 250 m | 1992 | ||||
2nd chimney of Novo-Ziminskaya TEC | 820 ft | 250 m[83] | 1990 | Never entered in service[84] | |||
820 ft | 250 m | 1990/2000 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1987/1990 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1991/1992/1996/1997 | Tallest industrial chimney in Taiwan. | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1985/1986 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1993 | |||||
2nd chimney of Voerde Power Station | 820 ft | 250 m | 1982 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1981 | |||||
Chimney of Stráž pod Ralskem | 820 ft | 250 m | 1979 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1978 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1978 | Demolished in 2005. | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1992 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1984 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1985/1997 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1986 | |||||
2 chimneys of Duisburg-Schwelgern Sinterplant | 820 ft | 250 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Fina Refinery of Duisburg | 820 ft | 250 m | 1981 | ||||
Chimney of DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH | 820 ft | 250 m | ? | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1979 | |||||
Chimney of AES Tisza 2 Power Plant | 820 ft | 250 m | 1974 | ||||
Chimneys of Porto Tolle Power Station | 820 ft | 250 m | 1977 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1979/1983 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1975 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1973/1976 | One 250m (820feet) chimney was demolished after construction of a smoke cleaning facility. | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Opole | 820 ft | 250 m | 1993 | ||||
Chimney of artificial fibre factory "WISKORD" | 820 ft | 250 m | 1979 | ||||
3rd chimney of TEC-2 | 820 ft | 250 m[85] | 1986 | ||||
2nd chimney of Ust-Ilimskaya TEC | 820 ft | 250 m[86] | 1984 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1983 | |||||
4th chimney of Krasnoyarsk GRES-2 | 820 ft | 250 m | 1981 | ||||
Chimney of Novo-Sterlitamakskaya TEC | 820 ft | 250 m | 1981 | ||||
2nd chimney of TEC-3 | 820 ft | 250 m | 1980 | ||||
3rd chimney of Iriklinskaya Power Plant | 820 ft | 250 m[87] | 1979 | Energetik, Orenburg Oblast | |||
2 chimneys of TEC-2 | 820 ft | 250 m | 1978/1982[88] | ||||
Chimney of TEC-2 | 820 ft | 250 m | 1978[89] | ||||
3rd chimney of TEC-1 | 820 ft | 250 m | 1977[90] | ||||
Chimney of Cherepovetskaya GRES | 820 ft | 250 m | 1976 | ||||
4th chimney of Troitskaya GRES | 820 ft | 250 m | 1976 | ||||
2 chimneys of Northern TEC | 820 ft | 250 m | 1975/1980 | ||||
1st chimney of Stavropolskaya GRES | 820 ft | 250 m | 1974 | ||||
2 chimneys of Naberezhnochelninskaya TEC | 820 ft | 250 m | 1973/1976 | No.1, No.2 | |||
2nd chimney of Karmanovskaya GRES | 820 ft | 250 m | 1973 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1972/1975 | No.2, No.3 | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1972 | No.5, No.6 | ||||
3 chimneys of Novocherkassk Power Plant | 820 ft | 250 m | 1970/1971/1972 | No.2, No.3, No.4 | |||
2 chimneys of TEC-2 | 820 ft | 250 m[91] | 198? | Other sources gives 253m[92] | |||
820 ft | 250 m | 1969/1971/1973 | also used as electricity pylons for the 330 kV-lines from the power station to the switchyard | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1970[93] | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1968/1973 | No.2, No.3, No.2 is used as electricity pylons for a 330 kV-line from the power station to the switchyard | ||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1968 | |||||
820 ft | 250 m | 1966/1983 | Briefly the tallest chimney in the world, also used as electricity pylons for a 220 kV-line from the power station to the switchyard | ||||
819 ft | 249.6 m | 1992 | Chelobityevo | ||||
Chimney of Severstal Power Plant | 817 ft | 249 m | 1985 | ||||
Chimney of TEC-2 | 815 ft | 248.5 m[94] | 1980[95] | ||||
1st chimney of ASARCO El Paso Smelter | 814 ft | 248 m | 1965 | Briefly the tallest chimney in the world. Possibly demolished. | |||
2nd chimney of TEC-23 | 811 ft | 247.3 m | 1980 | Moscow | |||
1st chimney of TEC-23 | 806 ft | 245.6 m | 1975 | Moscow | |||
Chimney of Yates Power Plant | 805 ft | 245.4 m | 1971/1973 | ||||
801 ft | 244.1 m | 1974 | |||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1979[96] | Isle of Grain, England | Demolished on September 7, 2016, by explosives.[97] | |||
801 ft | 244 m | 1979/1980 | |||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1975/1978 | |||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1970/1971/1972/1974 | |||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1970 | |||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1969 | Units 1&2 | ||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1967/68 | Units 1&2 | ||||
801 ft | 244 m | 1967 | |||||
Stack#1 of New Madrid Powerplant | 800 ft | 243.8 m | ? | ||||
791 ft | 241 m | ? | |||||
Chimney of Scholven A Power Station | 789 ft | 240.5 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Duslo Šaľa | 788 ft | 240.4 m | 1992 | ||||
5th chimney of Troitskaya GRES | 787 ft | 240 m | 2013[98] | ||||
Chimney of Minskaya TEC-5 | 787 ft | 240 m[99] | 1992 | ||||
2nd chimney of Sosnovoborsk TEC | 787 ft | 240 m[100] [101] | 1990 | ||||
Chimney of Kharanorskaya Power Station | 821 ft | 240 m[102] | 1991 | ||||
2 chimneys of Luohuang Power Station | 787 ft | 240 m | 1989/2005 | ||||
Chimney of TEC-2 | 821 ft | 240 m[103] | 1986 | ||||
787 ft | 240 m | 1983 | |||||
2nd chimney of TEC-3 | 787 ft | 240 m | 1983 | ||||
2nd chimney of Samarskaya TEC | 787 ft | 240 m[104] | 1972 | ||||
787.4 ft | 240 m | 1969/1984 | |||||
Chimney of Allen S King Generating Station | 786 ft | 239.5 m | 1968[105] | ||||
3rd chimney of Novo-gorkovskaya TEC | 781 ft | 238 m[106] | 1988 | ||||
4th chimney of TEC-3 | 780 ft | 237.3 m | 198? | ||||
775 ft | 236.2 m | 1997/1998/1999 | The three smokestacks were demolished on 18 December 2020. | ||||
Chimney of Mažeikių Nafta Power Plant | 820 ft | 236 m | 1979 | ||||
774 ft | 236 m | 1976[107] | Demolished on July 28, 2013.[108] | ||||
771 ft | 235 m | 1991 | |||||
Chimney of Power Station Schwandorf | 771 ft | 235 m | ? | Demolished in 2005. | |||
Chimney of Petrogal Sines | 768 ft | 234 m | ? | ||||
3rd chimney of Balakovo TEC | 766 ft | 233.5 m | 1983 | ||||
Chimney Heating Power Station Karlsruhe | 764 ft | 233 m | 1985 | Block 7 | |||
Chimneys Weiher Power Station | 761 ft | 232 m | 1976 | ||||
Chimneys of Kashima Thermal power station | 758 ft | 231 m | 1971 | ||||
755 ft | 230 m | 2009 | |||||
Chimney of W. C. Gorgas | 755 ft | 230 m | 2007 | ||||
Chimney of Callide Power Station, Unit 'C' | 755 ft | 230 m | 2000 | ||||
2nd chimney of TEC-3 | 755 ft | 230 m | 1980 | ||||
Chimney of Cheswick Power Station | 755 ft | 230 m | 1970 | Springdale, Pennsylvania | |||
Chimney of Castrop-Rauxel Power Station | 755 ft | 230 m | 1966 | Demolished in 2008 | |||
3rd chimney of Voerde Power Station | 755 ft | 230 m | 2005 | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Lubin | 755 ft | 230 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Šoštanj Power Station | 755 ft | 230 m | 1977 | ||||
Chimney Heating Power Station Karlsruhe | 689 ft | 230 m | 2008 | Block 8 | |||
Chimney of New Castle Power Plant | 750 ft | 228.6 m | 1977 | ||||
745 ft | 227 m | 1987 | |||||
Chimneys of Heating Power Station Gera-Nord | 738 ft | 225 m | 1984/1986 | Demolished 2008–2010. | |||
Chimney Power Station Jena | 738 ft | 225 m | 1981 | ||||
738 ft | 225 m | 1975 | |||||
Chimney of Power Plant Kraków-Leg | 738 ft | 225 m | 1970 | ||||
Počerady Chimney | 735 ft | 224 m | ? | ||||
Kunčice Chimney | 728 ft | 222 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Głogów | 728 ft | 222 m | ? | ||||
723 ft | 220.1 m | 1981 | |||||
Chimney of TEC-2 | 723 ft | 220 m[109] | 1977[110] | ||||
722 ft | 220 m | 1985 | Designed to have a height of 225m (738feet), but built to a height of 220m (720feet) after changes during construction. Tallest freestanding structure in Ireland. | ||||
Chimney of Cuno Power Station | 787 ft | 220 m | 1982 | ||||
Chimney of Počerady Power Station | 722 ft | 220 m | 1977 | ||||
2 chimneys of Trmice Power Plant | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | ||||
722 ft | 220 m | 1962 | Tallest chimney in the world upon completion in 1962 until 1966. Demolished. | ||||
Chimney of Chita Power Station Units 1–4 | 722 ft | 220 m | 1966 | ||||
Chimney of Mittal Steel Ostrava | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Polkowice | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Power Plant Toruń | 722 ft | 220 m | ? | ||||
720 ft | 220 m | ? | [111] [112] | ||||
Chimney of Nikola Tesla Power Station, Unit A | 718 ft | 220 m | 1970 | ||||
718 ft | 220 m | 1976/1983 | |||||
2 chimneys of Porcheville Power Station | 718 ft | 220 m | 1968/1975 | Stopped since 1 January 2017. | |||
718 ft | 218.85 m | 1970/1971 | |||||
1st Chimney of Voerde Power Station | 715 ft | 218 m | 1970 | ||||
Chimney of Teplárny Brno-sever | 714 ft | 217.5 m | 1982 | Crooked chimney due to problem during erection in winter 1981. | |||
713 ft | 217.3 m | 1968[113] | Demolished on 25 November 2000.[114] | ||||
Chimney of Shell Pernis | 712 ft | 216 m | 1974 | ||||
Chimney of Littlebrook Power Station, Unit 'D' | 705 ft | 215 m | 1981[115] | Demolished on 15 December 2019.[116] | |||
705 ft | 215 m | 1982 | [117] | ||||
705 ft | 214.9 m | 1971 | |||||
701 ft | 213.67 m | 1987 | |||||
700 ft | 213.5 m | 1979 | |||||
700 ft | 213.5 m | 2010/2009 | Units 1&2 + Units 3&4 | ||||
Chimney of Rush Island Power Station | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1975 | ||||
2 сhimneys of Lacygne Power Plant | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1973/1977 | ||||
Chimney of Iatan Power Plant | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1980 | ||||
Chimney of Oswego Generating Station | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1980 | ||||
Chimney of Nebraska City Power Station | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1978 | ||||
Chimney of Oswego Generating Station, Unit 5 | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1976 | ||||
Chimneys of Labadie Power Station | 700 ft | 213.5 m | 1970/1972 | ||||
700 ft | 213.5 m | 1960[118] | Demolished on October 1, 2018, by explosives[119] | ||||
Chimney of Sibley Generating Station | 700 ft | 213.3 m | 1967 | ||||
699 ft | 213 m | 1992 | |||||
689 ft | 210 m | 2001 | |||||
689 ft | 210 m | 1993 | |||||
Chimney of Callide Power Station, Unit 'B' | 689 ft | 210 m | 1988 | ||||
689 ft | 210 m | 1986 | |||||
689 ft | 210 m | 1999 | Ikebukuro, Tokyo | ||||
Chimney of Guangdong Yudean Jinghai Power Generation Station | 689 ft | 210 m | 2007 | ||||
Chimney of Guangdong Red Bay Generation Powerplant | 689 ft | 210 m | 2006 | ||||
Chimney of Zhanjiang Aoliyou Powerplant | 689 ft | 210 m | 2005 | ||||
Chimney of Huaneng Shantou Powerplant | 689 ft | 210 m | 1996 | ||||
Chimney Power Station Moers-Meerbeck | 689 ft | 210 m | ? | Demolished early 1990s. | |||
Chimney Power Station Dortmund-Derne | 689 ft | 210 m | ? | ||||
Chimney Heating Power Station Karlsruhe | 689 ft | 210 m | 1978 | Block 5 | |||
Main chimney of the MiRO refinery | 689 ft | 210 m | ? | ||||
689 ft | 210 m | 1971 | |||||
Chimney of CET Bacău | 689 ft | 210 m | 1990 | ||||
Chimney of Wesleyville Power Station | 682 ft | 208 m | Power plant idled, unused stack. | ||||
680 ft | 207.3 m | 1970/1978 | |||||
Vřesová Chimney | 676 ft | 206 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Plant Hammond | 675 ft | 205.8 m | 2008 | Coosa, Georgia | |||
Chimney of Plant Bowen Units 1&2 | 675 ft | 205.8 m | 2008 | ||||
Chimney of Plant Bowen Units 3&4 | 675 ft | 205.8 m | 2007 | ||||
675 ft | 205.8 m | 2007 | |||||
Chimney of Zinifex Smelter (Zinifex Smelter Stack) | 673 ft | 205 m | ? | ||||
Stahl- und Hartgusswerk Bösdorf | 673 ft | 205 m | ? | ||||
673 ft | 205 m | 1969[120] | Demolished on 3 September 2021.[121] | ||||
Chimney of Počerady Power Station | 673 ft | 205 m | ? | ||||
669 ft | 204 m | ? | |||||
Chimney of Mondi Business Paper SCP | 669 ft | 204 m | |||||
Chimney of MVM Észak-Buda Power Station | 666 ft | 203 m | 1974 | ||||
664 ft | 202.4 m | 1978 | |||||
Chimney of Savica Power Plant | 663 ft | 202 m | ? | ||||
Chimney Power Station Franken II | 663 ft | 202 m | 1963/1964 | Demolished in 2001. | |||
Chimney of Považská Bystrica Old Power Station | 659 ft | 201 m | Demolished in 2016.[122] | ||||
Křivenice Chimney | 659 ft | 201 m | Křivenice | ||||
Neratovice Chimney | 659 ft | 201 m | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | |||||
Chimney of Tresnjevka Power Plant | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1987 | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1982/1983 | |||||
3 chimneys of Manjung Coal Fired Power Plant | 656 ft | 200 m | 2002/2015/2017 | Tallest chimneys in Malaysia. | |||
Chimney of Simmering Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | 1990 | Unit 3 | |||
Chimney of TEC-3 | 659 ft | 200 m[123] | 1979 | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | ||||||
Chimney of Mělník Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | 1980 | ||||
Chimney of Ledvice Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | 1969 | ||||
Chimney of Počerady Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Chimney of Spolana Neratovice | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1967 | |||||
Chimney Power Station Mannheim-Neckar | 656 ft | 200 m | 198? | ||||
Chimney Ludwigshafen | 656 ft | 200 m | Demolished in November 2002. | ||||
Chimneys of Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen | 722 ft | 200 m | ? | Some sources give 220m (720feet). | |||
Chimney of Incineration Plant Essen-Karnap | 656 ft | 200 m | 1987 | ||||
Chimney Power Station Westfalen | 656 ft | 200 m | 1989 | ||||
Chimney of Frimmersdorf Power Station, Unit P | 656 ft | 200 m | 1966 | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1969/1974 | |||||
Chimney Power Station Breitungen | 656 ft | 200 m | 1986 | Demolished in 2005. | |||
656 ft | 200 m | 1995 | |||||
Chimney of Schwedt PCK-refinery | 656 ft | 200 m | Demolished in 2003. | ||||
Chimney of Hekinan Power Plant, Units 1–3 | 656 ft | 200 m | 1990 | ||||
Chimney of Sakaide Power Plant, Units 2–4 | 656 ft | 200 m | 1971 | ||||
Saganoseki Smelter and Refinery Second Stack | 656 ft | 200 m | 1972 | ||||
Chimney of Anan Power Plant | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Chimney of Atsumi Power Plant | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Chimney of Chita Daini Power Plant | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Chimney of Chita Power Station Units 5–6 | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1972 | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | |||||
Chimney of Power Plant Zabrze | 656 ft | 200 m | ? | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | Będzin–Łagisza | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | Demolished in 2008. | ||||
Chimney of Power Station Poznań-Karolin | 656 ft | 200 m | ? | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | ? | Chimneys n°2, 3 and 4 | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | ||||||
656 ft | 200 m | ||||||
Chimney of Sant Adrià de Besòs Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | 1976 | ||||
Chimney of Strážske Chemko Power Station | 656 ft | 200 m | Strážske | ||||
Chimney of Vojany Power Station, EVO 1 | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Large Chimney of Krompachy Kovohuty Copper Smelter | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Chimney of Power Station Vranov nad Topľou Bukóza Holding Works | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1976 | Unit 1. | ||||
Chimney of Mělník Power Station III | 656 ft | 200 m | |||||
Manušice Chimney | 656 ft | 200 m | Demolished ? | ||||
Chimney of Skalice u České Lípy | 656 ft | 200 m | Demolished? | ||||
Chimney of | 656 ft | 200 m | 2010 | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1971[124] | |||||
656 ft | 200 m | 1966[125] | Demolished on 24 July 2022.[126] | ||||
656 ft | 200 m | Original: 1966[127] Replacement: 2003[128] [129] | Twin chimneys. Original stacks demolished in 2003. | ||||
655 ft | 199.7 m | 2005 | |||||
654 ft | 199.5 m | 1968[130] | Demolished on 9 February 2020.[131] | ||||
653 ft | 199 m | 1967[132] | |||||
650 ft | 198 m | 1966[133] | Twin chimneys, demolished on 22 August 2021.[134] | ||||
650 ft | 198 m | 1968[135] | |||||
650 ft | 198 m | 1970[136] | Demolished on 22 March 2018. | ||||
650 ft | 198 m | 1969[137] | Demolished on 31 October 2021.[138] | ||||
650 ft | 198 m | 1981[139] | |||||
Chimney of Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb Plant | 650 ft | 198 m | ? | Ceased operations in 2016. It was completely demolished along with the B.C. Cobb plant in January 2020 after a gradual demolition process over two years.[140] [141] | |||
Chimney of Nanticoke Generating Station Units 1–4 | 650 ft | 198 m | Demolished on February 28, 2018, by explosives | ||||
Chimney of Nanticoke Generating Station Units 5–8 | 650 ft | 198 m | Demolished on February 28, 2018, by explosives | ||||
Chimney of Lennox Generating Station Units 1–2 | 650 ft | 198 m | |||||
Chimney of Lennox Generating Station Units 3–4 | 650 ft | 198 m | |||||
Chimney of Thunder Bay Generating Station Units 3–4 | 650 ft | 198 m | Demolished on 9 September 2021 by explosives. | ||||
Port Kembla Copper Stack | 650 ft | 198 m | 1965 | Demolished on 20 February 2014 by explosives. | |||
643 ft | 196 m | 1964 | Demolished on 27 November 2005 by explosives. | ||||
626 ft | 195.6 m | 2006 | |||||
Large Chimney of Žilina Heat Power Station | 640 ft | 195 m | 1982 | ||||
Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery smokestack | 637 ft | 194 m | 1954 | Tallest chimney in the world upon completion. | |||
Chimney of Jablonec nad Nisou | 627 ft | 191 m | |||||
Chimney of Tepláreň | 620 ft | 190 m | |||||
Chimneys of Otto E. Eckert Power Plant | 615 ft | 187.5 m | 1981 | ||||
611"8" ft | 186 m | 1951 | Briefly the tallest chimney in the world from 1951 to 1952. Demolished in April 2013. | ||||
Chimney of | 611 ft | 186 m | 1978 | ||||
Chimney of Doe Run primary lead smelter | 610 ft | 186 m[142] | 1968 | Idle since 2003. | |||
Amercentrale | 607 ft[143] | 185 m | 1980 | ||||
607 ft | 185 m | ? | |||||
606 ft | 184.7 m | 1937 | Tallest chimney in the world from 1937 to 1951. Demolished in 1972–73. | ||||
Chimney of Komořany Power Station | 604 ft | 184 m | 1963 | Komořany u Mostu | |||
600 ft | 183 m | 1969[144] | Demolished on 9 December 2021.[145] | ||||
600 ft | 183 m | Original: 1970[146] Replacement: 2009 | Replacement chimney demolished on 24 January 2021.[147] | ||||
Chimney of Plant Barry | 600 ft | 183 m | 2009 | ||||
Chimney of Brunner Island Power Plant | 600 ft | 183 m | 2008 | ||||
600 ft | 183 m | 2004 | |||||
Chimney of Seward Power Plant | 600 ft | 183 m | 1921 | 1921 is the date the power plant was constructed. There is no references to indicate the current 600feet stack was built at that time and the plant itself has been reconstructed multiple times over its history. Furthermore, the stack is built of concrete, which was not known to have been used in chimney construction until the 1930s. | |||
600 ft | 183m | ||||||
Syncrude Mildred Lake Chimney | 600 ft | 183 m | 1969 | ||||
599 ft | 182.6 m | 1965 | |||||
597 ft | 182 m | 1976 | |||||
Sokolov Chimney | 597 ft | 182 m | |||||
Chomutov Chimney | 594 ft | 181 m | |||||
Chimney of Tychy CHP Power Plant | 591 ft | 180 m | 1976 | ||||
3rd Chimney of Svetlogorsk TEC | 591 ft | 180 m | 1991 | ||||
Chimney of Spalovna Malešice | 591 ft | 180 m | 1996 | ||||
Chimney of Sezimovo Ústí | 591 ft | 180 m | |||||
Chimney of Česká Lípa | 591 ft | 180 m | |||||
East chimney of the MiRO refinery | 591 ft | 180 m | ? | ||||
Chimney of Duck Creek Power Plant | 588 ft | 179.3 m | 2008 | ||||
Praha Chimney | 587 ft | 179 m | |||||
585 ft | 178.3 m | 1919 | Tallest brick chimney in the world. | ||||
Chimney of Monroe Power Plant | 580 ft | 176.8 m | 2007 | ||||
577 ft | 176 m | 1980 | |||||
Chimney of EON-centrale Maasvlakte | 574 ft | 175 m | 2010 | ||||
Chimney of Vojany Power Station, EVO 2 | 574 ft | 175 m | 1974 | Height reduced from 300m (1,000feet) to 175m (574feet) in 1998. | |||
Chimney of Ruston Copper Smelter | 571 ft | 174.0 m | 1917 | Owned by ASARCO. "[O]nce the world's tallest smokestack" Reduced to 562feet after an earthquake in 1937. Demolished on 17 January 1993.[148] [149] | |||
571 ft | 174.0 m | ||||||
571 ft | 174.0 m | ||||||
Chimney of Kerncentrale Borssele | 570 ft | 173 m | 1973 | ||||
565 ft | 172 m | 1973 | [150] Owned by AES Indiana. | ||||
Plzeň Chimney | 561 ft | 171 m | |||||
560 ft | 170.6 m | 1980[151] | |||||
557 ft | 170 m | 1962[152] | Twin chimneys, demolished on 7 December 2003.[153] | ||||
Považská Bystrica Chimney | 557 ft | 170 m | |||||
Otrokovice Chimney | 557 ft | 170 m | |||||
Lambton Generating Station Chimney 1 | 557 ft | 170 m | 1969 | ||||
Lambton Generating Station Chimney 2 | 557 ft | 170 m | 1969 | ||||
St. Lawrence Cement Chimney | 556 ft | 169.4 m | 1956[154] | ||||
Děčín Chimney | 554 ft | 169 m | |||||
551 ft | 168 m | 1968[155] | Twin chimneys, demolished on 28 September 2017.[156] | ||||
Lambton Generating Station Chimney 3 | 550 ft | 168 m | |||||
548 ft | 167 m | 1957[157] [158] | Twin chimneys, demolished in 2005. | ||||
Kunčice Chimney | 548 ft | 167 m | |||||
La Oroya Smelter Chimney | 548 ft | 167 m | |||||
Chimney of Tepláreň Martin | 539 ft | 165 m | 1980 | ||||
Chimney of Electriciteitscentrale Gelderland | 537 ft | 164 m | 1980 | ||||
Štětí Chimney | 535 ft | 163 m | |||||
Chimney of Kralupy nad Vlatvou | 531 ft | 162 m | |||||
České Budějovice Chimney | 531 ft | 162 m | |||||
Praha Chimney | 531 ft | 162 m | |||||
Kopřivnice Chimney | 531 ft | 162 m | |||||
Štúrovo Chimney | 528 ft | 161 m | |||||
Příbram Chimney | 528 ft | 161 m | |||||
Chimney of Jablonec nad Nisou | 528 ft | 161 m | |||||
Snina Chimney | 524 ft | 160 m | |||||
Chimney of Devínska Nová Ves | 524 ft | 160 m | |||||
Chimney of Suginami Incinerator | 524 ft | 160 m | 1982 | Suginami, Tokyo | |||
Chimney of Kralupy nad Vlatvou | 524 ft | 160 m | |||||
Chimney of Býnina | 524 ft | 160 m | 1960 | ||||
Chimney of Praha Heat Power Station | 524 ft | 160 m | 1961 | ||||
524 ft | 160 m | 1971[159] | |||||
Chimney of Petrochema | 524 ft | 160 m | 1989 | Dubová | |||
Chimney of Leipzig-North Cogeneration Plant | 512 ft | 156 m | 1929 | was at time of completion tallest chimney in Europe, demolished in 1995 | |||
Postřelmov Chimney | 512 ft | 156 m | |||||
Štětí Chimney | 508 ft | 155 m | |||||
508.5 ft | 155 m | 1929 | Chimney built of bricks. | ||||
The Big Stack | 508 ft | 154.8 m | 1908 | Completed on 23 November 1908. Demolished on 18 September 1982.[160] | |||
500 ft | 153 m | 1964 | |||||
Praha Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | |||||
500 ft | 152 m | 1966[161] | Twin chimneys, demolished on 26 September 2015.[162] | ||||
INCO Nickel Smelter Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | 1929 | ||||
INCO Copper Smelter Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | 1936 | ||||
INCO Nickel Smelter Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | 1937 | ||||
INCO Thompson Smelter Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | 1958 | ||||
Tema Volca Aluminium Smelter Chimney | 500 ft | 152 m | |||||
Ostrava Chimney | 499 ft | 152 m | |||||
Bridgeport Chimney | 498 ft | 152 m | 1969[163] | To be discontinued by 1 July 2021,[164] the last coal fired power plant in Connecticut. | |||
Litvínov Chimney | 495 ft | 151 m | |||||
Křivenice Chimney | 495 ft | 151 m | Křivenice | ||||
Paskov Chimney | 495 ft | 151 m | |||||
Chimney of Bánovce nad Bebravou | 495 ft | 151 m | |||||
Chimney of Västerås Power Plant | 494 ft | 150.6 m | 1963 | Västerås | |||
492 ft | 150 m | ||||||
492 ft | 150 m | ||||||
492 ft | 150 m | ||||||
492 ft | 150 m | 1998 | [165] | ||||
492 ft | 150 m | ||||||
Chimney of Novaky Power Plant-B, Units 1 + 2 | 492 ft | 150 m | 1963 | ||||
2 Chimneys of Senoko Incineration Plant | 492 ft | 150 m | 1992 | ||||
492 ft | 150 m | ? | |||||
492 ft | 150 m | 1959/1963 | Demolished 2005–2011[166] [167] | ||||
Příbram Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
492 ft | 150 m | 2000 | Public observation deck at a height of 116m (381feet) and restaurant at a height of 120m (390feet) [168] | ||||
Kladno Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Hranice Cement Works | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Mělník Power Station | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Mittal Steel | 492 ft | 150 m | 1986 | ||||
Přívoz Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Čelechovice Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Neratovice Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Skalice u České Lípy | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Michle Heat Power Station | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Chimney of Dolní Jiřetín | 492 ft | 150 m | Dolní Jiřetín | Under construction. | |||
Chimney of Mondi Štětí | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
Lakvijaya Power Station Chimney No:1 | 492 ft | 150 m | 2010 | Norochcholai | |||
Lakvijaya Power Station Chimney No:2 | 492 ft | 150 m | 2010 | Norochcholai | |||
Lakvijaya Power Station Chimney No:3 | 492 ft | 150 m | 2010 | Norochcholai | |||
Třeboradice Chimney | 492 ft | 150 m | |||||
486 ft | 148 m | 1965 | Liverpool, England | built as chimney for the heating system of a nearby mall | |||
Strakonice Chimney | 486 ft | 148 m | |||||
482 ft | 147 m | 1991 | [169] | ||||
Chimneys of Zouk Power Station | 476 ft | 145 m | |||||
Zlín Chimney | 469 ft | 143 m | |||||
Písek Chimney | 466 ft | 142 m | |||||
Opatovice Chimney | 466 ft | 142 m | |||||
Teplice Chimney | 463 ft | 141 m | |||||
Křivenice Chimney | 463 ft | 141 m | Křivenice | ||||
Michle Chimney | 463 ft | 141 m | |||||
ZDA Chimney | 459 ft | 140 m | 1967 | ||||
Myjava Chimney | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
459 ft | 140 m | 1889 | Chimney built of bricks | ||||
Kladno K7 Stack | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
Nymburk Chimney | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
DSM-Chimney | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
Horní Počaply Chimney | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
Chimney of Zlín Power Station | 459 ft | 140 m | |||||
West chimney of the MiRO refinery | 459 ft | 140 m | ? | ||||
454 ft | 138.4 m | 1859[170] | Chimney built of bricks. Tallest in the world from 1859 to 1889. Demolished in 1964. | ||||
3 Chimneys of Morro Bay Power Plant[171] | 450 ft | 137.1 m | 1955 | ||||
449 ft | 137 m | 1959[172] | Twin chimneys, demolished on 15 December 2004.[173] | ||||
Trebišov Chimney | 449 ft | 137 m | |||||
Reckitt's Chimney | 449 ft | 137m | Mid 1970s | Hull, England | Not in use now. | ||
Liberec Chimney | 436 ft | 133 m | |||||
435.5 ft | 132.7 m | 1842[174] | Tallest in the world from 1842 to 1859. Destroyed by lightning in 1922. | ||||
Trenčín Chimney | 433 ft | 132 m | |||||
430 ft | 131 m | ||||||
430 ft | 131 m | ||||||
Litvínov Chimney | 430 ft | 131 m | |||||
Poštorná Chimney | 430 ft | 131 m | |||||
Novosedlice Chimney | 427 ft | 130 m | |||||
Chimney of Komárno | 430 ft | 130 m | 1981 | ||||
Chimney of Hnúšťa | 430 ft | 130 m | |||||
Chimney of Humenné | 430 ft | 130 m | |||||
Žiar nad Hronom Chimney | 430 ft | 130 m | |||||
Rohožník Chimney | 430 ft | 130 m | |||||
Heleneholmsverket[175] | 427 ft | 130 m | 1991 | ||||
427 ft | 130 m | 1973 | Paris | ||||
New Chimney of Borregaard Boilerhouse | 427 ft | 130 m | 2008 | ||||
Adachi Incineration Plant Chimney | 427 ft | 130 m | 2005 | Tokyo | |||
Minato Incineration Plant Chimney | 427 ft | 130 m | 1999 | Tokyo | |||
Chinose Incineration Plant Chimney | 427 ft | 130 m | 1996 | Tokyo | |||
427 ft | 130 m | 1952 | |||||
Chimney of Otrokovice Heat Power Station | 427 ft | 130 m | |||||
Komin Kotlowni | 423 ft | 129 m | |||||
Milevsko Chimney | 420 ft | 128 m | |||||
Enstedværket Unit 2 Chimney | 419 ft | 127.7 m | 1969 | ||||
Štětí Chimney | 417 ft | 127 m | |||||
2 chimneys of Fort Howard Paper Mill | 415 ft | 126.5 m | Stack 10 – 1984, Stack 11 – 1992 | ||||
413 ft | 126 m | ||||||
413 ft | 126 m [176] | 1974[177] | |||||
Čížkovice Chimney | 413 ft | 126 m | |||||
Chimney of České Budějovice | 413 ft | 126 m | |||||
Brno Chimney | 413 ft | 126 m | |||||
Přerov Heating Plant | 413 ft | 126 m | |||||
Chimney of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm | 413 ft | 126 m | |||||
410 ft | 125 m | 2014 | |||||
Polomka Chimney | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
Chimney of Atherinolakkos Power Station | 410 ft | 125 m | 2004 | Goudouras | |||
Chimney of Bay of Biscay Power Plant | 410 ft | 125 m | 2003 | ||||
Chimney of Šiauliai Power Plant | 410 ft | 125 m | 1966 | ||||
Chimney of Aqaba Power Plant Units 1+2 | 410 ft | 125 m | 1986 | ||||
Chimney of Aqaba Power Plant Units 3+4 | 410 ft | 125 m | 1986 | ||||
Chimney of Aqaba Power Plant Unit 5 | 410 ft | 125 m | 1998 | ||||
5 Chimneys of Aleppo Thermal Power Station | 410 ft | 125 m | 1997 | ||||
Es Murterar Power Station Chimney | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
Kamin der Jura-Zement | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
KWK Katowice Chimney 2 | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
Vřesová Chimney | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
Krnov Chimney | 410 ft | 125 m | |||||
Chimneys of Mustamäe Boiler House | 410 ft | 125 m | ? |
Japanese Steel SmokestacksThis is a list of Japanese smokestacks built from large sections of steel pipe. The majority of tall steel chimneys in the world are located in Japan. Unlike other modern developed countries which use reinforced concrete to build tall chimneys, Japan has historically used steel until recently in smokestack construction.
Tower | Year | Country | Town | Height m | Height ft | Remarks | |
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Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 1[178] (pg.40) | 2001 | Japan | Kashima | 230 m | 755 ft | 35.9031°N 140.6897°W | |
Chita Thermal Power Station, stack 1[179] | Japan | Chita | 220 m | 722 ft | |||
Kimitsu Steel Works | Japan | Kimitsu | 220 m | 722 ft | |||
Kyushudenryoku Shinkokura Power Station, Stack 2 | Japan | Kitakyushu | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Sakaide Power Plant[180] | 1971 | Japan | Sakaide | 200 m | 656 ft | ||
Hekinan Thermal Power Station, stack 1[181] | Japan | Hekinan | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Hekinan Thermal Power Station, stack 2 | Japan | Hekinan | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Atsumi Thermal Power Station[182] | Japan | Atsumi | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Chita Thermal Power Station, stack 2[183] | Japan | Chita | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Chita Daini Thermal Power Station[184] | Japan | Chita | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Anan Power Plant[185] | Japan | Anan | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Kawagoe Power Station, stack 1 | 1983 | Japan | Kawagoe | 200 m | 656 ft | ||
Kawagoe Power Station, stack 2 | 1983 | Japan | Kawagoe | 200 m | 656 ft | ||
Yokkaichi Power Station, stack 1 | Japan | Yokkaichi | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Yokkaichi Power Station, stack 2 | Japan | Yokkaichi | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Showa Yokkaichi Oil Plant | Japan | Yokkaichi | 200 m | 656 ft | |||
Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 2 | Japan | Kashima | 197 m | 646 ft | 35.9031°N 140.6897°W | ||
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kurosaki Plant Site, Stack 1[186] | Japan | Yahatanishi | 190 m | 624 ft | |||
Mie Plant of Mitsubishi Chemical | Japan | Yokkaichi | 174 m | 572 ft | |||
South Processing Factory, Yokosuka City | Japan | Yokosuka City | 170 m | 558 ft | |||
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kurosaki Plant Site, Stack 2 | Japan | Yahatanishi | 170 m | 558 ft | |||
Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 3 | Japan | Kashima | 151 m | 495 ft | 35.9031°N 140.6897°W | ||
Atsumi Thermal Power Station | Japan | Atsumi | 150 m | 492 ft |