- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Bowen Power Plant
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Air--Pollution--Georgia--Bartow County
Industrial chimneys--Georgia--Bartow County
Georgia Power Company
Coal-fired power plants--Georgia--Bartow County
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Buildings--Georgia--Bartow County
Smoke--Georgia--Bartow County
Cows--Georgia--Bartow County
Bartow County (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Major sources of industrial toxins in Georgia include agriculture, manufacturing, and coal-fired electrical power generation. Georgia Power Company's Bowen plant, a coal-fired power plant in Bartow County, is the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide, a toxic substance.Photograph by Joe McTyre.
Photograph of smoke rising from large smokestacks and cooling towers at Georgia Power's Bowen coal-fired power plant, located in Bartow County. Cows graze in a field in the foreground.
Major sources of industrial toxins in Georgia include agriculture, manufacturing, and coal-fired electrical power generation. Bowen Power Plant is the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide, a toxic substance. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/industrial-toxins/m-11089/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Photograph by Joe McTyre
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/industrial-toxins
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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