- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Bowen Power Plant
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- 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
Bartow County (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Photograph of smoke rising from large smokestacks at Georgia Power's Bowen coal-fired power plant, located in Bartow County. Toxins produced by burning coal, include carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury compounds.
Georgia Power Company's Bowen coal-fired power plant, pictured in 1977, is located in Bartow County. Toxins produced by burning coal include carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury compounds. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/industrial-toxins/m-11090/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Photograph by Charles Pugh
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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