• Source: List of tallest chimneys

This list of the tallest chimneys in the world ranks chimneys by height.




Use


Although many kinds of industrial facilities have tall chimneys, most of the chimneys with heights of 200 m (660 ft) or more are part of thermal, especially coal-fired power stations. This is to increase the stack effect and disperse pollutants. Only a few smelters, steel mills, chemical factories and oil refineries use such tall chimneys.




Timeline of world's tallest chimney


Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structures of a country).

Hamon Custodis claims to have built a 707 ft (215 m) stack in 1953, but there are no references to the location or client of this/these stack(s). Skyscraperpage indicates the 846-foot-tall (258 m) chimney of Omskaya Cogeneration Plant #4 was built in 1965, but it is likely that this date is referring to the construction of the first section of the plant with the smaller chimney. No other references or information can be found to corroborate this claim.




Current


Indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

Japanese Steel Smokestacks
This is a list of Japanese smokestacks built from large sections of steel pipe. The majority of tall steel chimneys in the world are located in Japan. Unlike other modern developed countries which use reinforced concrete to build tall chimneys, Japan has historically used steel until recently in smokestack construction.




See also


List of tallest freestanding structures
List of tallest towers
Solar power tower
List of elevator test towers
List of tallest cooling towers
List of tallest oil platforms
List of tallest industrial buildings




References

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• List of tallest chimneys
• List of tallest freestanding structures
• List of tallest buildings and structures
• List of tallest buildings in Switzerland
• List of tallest demolished freestanding structures
• Tallest industrial buildings
• List of tallest buildings in Austria
• List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom
• List of tallest buildings in France
• Schilling Power Station