Big Rivers Electric Coleman Station Implosion

Hawesville, KY
March 23, 2022
Big Rivers Electric Corporation imploded the stacks that once served Kenneth C. Coleman Station in Hawesville on March 23, 2022. The 443-megawatt power plant on the Ohio River began generation from its first unit in 1969 and later expanded to three units. Big Rivers idled the coal-fired power station in 2014. After nearly a year of careful dismantling and moving operational equipment, Big Rivers contractors used explosives to take down the three original stacks (300 feet tall) and one newer stack (450 feet tall).
The 762-acre site will be cleared and prepared for future economic development opportunities following the implosion and continued demolition this year. Once environmental work is complete, Big Rivers will market the site and its river port as part of the state’s list of available industrial properties. The finished property will feature immediate access to water, electricity, natural gas, mooring cells, a barge unloader, and a warehouse.

[@MrRjones1970]

Sad 😢. We’re gonna miss them coal fired plants..

[@shanetaylor7621]

Nothing to happy about #sad

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Glad to see that was a demolition job and not a power plant accident. Those chimneys went down nice!

[@tracyvetter7468]

Awesome, controlled explosion done right. Great job to the company that executed it!

[@terryrose6208]

They will have second thoughts later on.

[@stevehoward3541]

Just wondering how the lights will be kept on in the future if they keep scrapping these powerplants.

[@joedenny9677]

Worked there

[@estelltabor4183]

Got some good pictures off the scrubber stack before I left that job.

[@yohanathandowns9057]

Why is it being demoed? Old and outdated?

[@joshuasutherland6692]

Awesome. Not funny rewinds, no slowdowns, cool acoustics from the people, alarms, detonations, and collapses. They used an old blasting machine for the final charge 10/10