RE Burger Plant - click for larger version
The next chapter in the quest to build a $5.7 billion ethane cracker plant complex in Belmont County, OH takes place today. Part of the chosen site for PTT Global Chemical's cracker plant is the 130-acre site where the R.E. Burger Plant, a coal-fired electric generating plant owned by Ohio utility company FirstEnergy, is located. Today is the day that the plant's 854-foot concrete smoke stack will get demolished. By the time you read this, it will already be on the ground. Local media is calling the site "historical" and a "landmark." We'd call it an eyesore. Bring on the cracker! NOTE: We found a dramatic video of the smoke stack and nearby buildings coming down--give it a watch!...
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