The Miami Fort Power Station is located on the banks of the Ohio River in Hamilton County, Ohio immediately east of the tripoint of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. This power plant is a dual-fuel power generating facility, consisting of a major coal-fired electrical power plant that is supplemented with a small oil-fired facility.

Photo from Lawrenceburg Indiana riverfront, I-275 bridge and Miami Fort plant ln the distance
With its origin dating back to the first coal fired unit in 1949, the most recent coal unit was commissioned in 1978. Oil fired units were commissioned in 1971. The facility was originally owned by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (CG&E) which became Duke Energy. Currently Dynegy is the owner.

View of the power plant from the northbound lanes of the I-275 bridge
The huge plant is impossible to miss when you are traveling on I-275 crossing the Ohio River. It is east of the bridge and the columns of smoke at times are dominant in the skies. As of this writing two coal-fired units have been decommissioned. It has been announced that by the end of the year 2027 or sooner the Miami Fort Power Station will be retired.
Big stacks and cooling towers. We have the Four Corner power plant, which you might know about from your time in Arizona. It has a interesting history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_Generating_Station
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I do remember the ongoing flaps concerning the 4 Corners back in the 70’s. Environmental stuff was really getting fired up, I remember the activists on the UofA campus.
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I remember it from my days living in Cincinnati when I was young!
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Seems its operating days are numbered now.
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Some progress
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Little by little, progress is being made.
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What will replace the power stations? Wind turbines? hahaha! No way.
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I have yet to see what is planned for the country’s power grid over the next few decades.
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Let’s hope the void will be taken up with a cleaner source of energy!
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It will be interesting to see the design of the nation’s power grid a decade from now.
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