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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).^{[citation needed]}

Hamon Custodis claims to have built a 707 ft (215 m)^[14] stack in 1953,^[22] 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,^[23] 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.

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Name	Pinnacle height		Year	Country	Town	Remarks
Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station	1,377 ft	419.7 m	1987	Kazakhstan	Ekibastuz	Tallest chimney in the world.[24]
Inco Superstack	1,250 ft	380.1 m	1971	Canada	Sudbury, Ontario	Tallest chimney in the Western Hemisphere.[25] Scheduled for demolition.[26]
Original Unit 3 chimney of Homer City Generating Station	1,217 ft	371 m	1977	United States	Homer City, Pennsylvania	Tallest chimney in the United States. This chimney is no longer in service, being replaced by one of 860 ft (260 m) that serves the flue gas scrubber retro-fitted to Unit 3 in 2001.
Kennecott Smokestack	1,215 ft	370.4 m	1974	United States	Magna, Utah	Tallest chimney west of the Mississippi.
Chimney of Berezovskaya GRES	1,214 ft	370 m	1985	Russia	Sharypovo	Tallest chimney in Russia.
Original chimney of Mitchell Power Plant	1,206 ft	367.6 m	1968	United States	Moundsville, West Virginia	Tallest chimney in the world from 1968 to 1971. No longer in service, having been replaced by a 1,000 ft (300 m) 2 flue chimney serving the scrubber that was retrofitted to the plant in 2006.
Trbovlje Chimney	1,181 ft	360 m	1976 (1 June)	Slovenia	Trbovlje	Tallest chimney in Europe.[27]
Chimney of Endesa Power Station	1,168 ft	356 m	1974	Spain	As Pontes, Galicia	[28] The tallest multi-flue chimney in the world, and also the most massive chimney in the world by volume of materials used in construction.
Chimney of Phoenix Copper Smelter	1,153 ft	351.5 m	1995	Romania	Baia Mare	Tallest structure in Romania.[29]
3rd chimney of Syrdarya Power Plant	1,148 ft[30]	350 m	1980	Uzbekistan	Shirin
Chimney of Teruel Power Plant	1,125 ft	343 m	1981	Spain	Teruel	Demolished by explosives on 16 February 2023. Created a new world record as the tallest freestanding structure ever demolished by explosives.
Chimney of Plomin Power Station	1,116 ft[31]	340 m	1999	Croatia	Plomin
Chimney of Westerholt Power Station	984 ft	300 m	1981	Germany	Gelsenkirchen-Westerholt	Demolished on 3 December 2006. Height confirmed as 300 m (980 ft) rather than 337 m (1,106 ft).
Original chimney of Mountaineer Power Plant	1103 ft	336.2 m	1980	United States	New Haven, West Virginia	This chimney is no longer in service, having been replaced by one of 1,000 ft (300 m) that serves the flue gas scrubbers retrofitted to the plant.
Chimney of Kharkiv TEC-5	1,083 ft	330 m	1991	Ukraine	Kharkiv
3rd chimney of Primorskaya GRES	1,083 ft	330 m	1990	Russia	Luchegorsk
2nd chimney of Gusinoozyorskaya GRES	1,083 ft	330 m[32]	1988	Russia	Gusinoozyorsk
5th chimney of the Cuciurgan power station	1,083 ft	330 m[33]	1987[34]	Moldova	Dnestrovsc[35]
Chimney of Novo-Angrenskaya Power Plant	1,083 ft	330 m[36]	1985	Uzbekistan	Olmaliq, Angren
2 chimneys of Permskaya GRES	1,083 ft	330 m	1982[37]/1992[38]	Russia	Dobryanka
2nd chimney of Ekibastuz GRES-1	1,083 ft	330 m	1982	Kazakhstan	Ekibastuz[39]
Chimney of Zuevska thermal power station	1083 ft	330 m	1981	Ukraine	Zuhres, Donetsk Oblast[39]
4th Chimney of Reftinskaya GRES	1,083 ft	330 m	1979	Russia	Reftinsky
Chimney of Pirdop copper smelter and refinery	1,066 ft	325 m	1987	Bulgaria	Pirdop
Chimney of Maritsa Iztok-3 Power Station	1,065 ft	324.6 m	1980[40]	Bulgaria	Stara Zagora
2 chimneys of Maritsa Iztok-2 Power Station	1,065 ft	324.6 m	1977[41]/1980[42]	Bulgaria	Stara Zagora	No.2, No.3
2 chimneys of Kirishskaya GRES	1,050 ft	320 m	1984/1986	Russia	Kirishi[39]
2 chimneys of Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant	1,050 ft	320 m[43]	1981/1990	Azerbaijan	Mingachevir	Tallest free-standing structure west of the South Caucasus.
3rd chimney of Kostromskaya GRES	1,050 ft	320 m	1980	Russia	Volgorechensk
2 chimneys of Ryazanskaya GRES	1,050 ft	320 m	1973/1980	Russia	Novomichurinsk
2 chimneys of Vuhlehirska thermal power plant	1,050 ft	320 m	1972/1975[44]/1975	Ukraine	Svitlodarsk
2 chimneys of Zaporozhskaya GRES	1,050 ft	320 m	1972/1977[45]	Ukraine	Enerhodar[46]
Chimney of Rockport Power Plant	1,038 ft	316.4 m	1984	United States	Rockport, Indiana
Chimney of Ugljevik Power Plant	1,017 ft	310 m	1985	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ugljevik
Chimney of Armstrong Power Plant	1,011 ft	308.15 m	1982	United States	Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Chimney of Harllee Branch Power Plant	1,007 ft	307 m	1978	United States	Milledgeville, Georgia	Demolished on 15 October 2016 by explosives.
Chimney of Buschhaus Power Station	1,007 ft	307 m	1984	Germany	Helmstedt, Lower Saxony
Chimney of Jaworzno Power Station	1,004 ft	306 m	1977	Poland	Jaworzno
Chimney of Trepça Lead Smelter	1,004 ft	306 m	1972	Serbia	Trepça	[47]
2 chimneys of Robert W Scherer Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1983/1985	United States	Juliette, Georgia
Chimney of Independence Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1983	United States	Newark, Arkansas
Chimney of Kyger Creek Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1980	United States	Cheshire, Ohio
Chimney of White Bluff Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1980	United States	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Chimney of Widows Creek Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1977	United States	Stevenson, Alabama	Demolished on 3 December 2020 by explosives.
Chimney of Chvaletice Power Station	1,001 ft	305 m	1977	Czech Republic	Chvaletice
Chimney of Hal B. Wansley Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1976	United States	Carrollton, Georgia
2 chimneys of Kingston Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1976[48][49]	United States	Kingston, Tennessee	Units 1–5 & 6–9
2 chimneys of Plant Bowen	1,001 ft	305 m	1975[50][51]	United States	Cartersville, Georgia
3 chimneys of Harrison Power Station	1,001 ft	305 m	1972/1973/1994[52][53]	United States	Haywood, West Virginia	Units 1+2 & 2+3
2 chimneys of Conemaugh Generating Station	1,001 ft	305 m	1970/1971[54][55]	United States	Seward, Pennsylvania	Units 1&2
2 chimneys of Cumberland Fossil Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1970[56][57]	United States	Cumberland City, Tennessee	Units 1&2
Chimney of W. H. Sammis Power Plant	1,001 ft	305 m	1970	United States	Stratton, Ohio	Unit 7
Chimney of Hayden Smelter	1,001 ft	305 m	197?	United States	Hayden, Arizona
2 chimneys of Pleasants Power Plant	1,000 ft	304.8 m	1979/1980[58][59]	United States	Belmont, West Virginia
Chimney of Cardinal Power Plant	1,000 ft	304.8 m	1977	United States	Brilliant, Ohio	Unit 3
Chimney #2 of Mitchell Power Plant	1,000 ft	304.8 m	2006[60]	United States	Moundsville, West Virginia
Chimney of Power Plant Scholven	991 ft	302 m	1975	Germany	Gelsenkirchen
Chimney of Power Plant Chemnitz	990 ft	301.8 m	1984	Germany	Chemnitz
Chimney of SASOL III Synthetic Fuel Production Plant	988 ft	301 m	1979	South Africa	Secunda	Tallest chimney in the Southern Hemisphere.
Chimney of Volzhskaya TEC-2	986 ft	300.7 m	1988	Russia	Volzhsky
Litvínov Chimney	984 ft	300 m	?	Czech Republic	Litvínov	Under construction.[when?]
Stružnice Chimney	984 ft	300 m	?	Czech Republic	Stružnice
3rd chimney of Orot Rabin	984 ft	300 m	1997	Israel	Hadera
Chimney of Bishkek TEC	984 ft	300 m[61]	1989	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek
Chimney of Herne Power Station	984 ft	300 m	1989	Germany	Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Chimney of Walsum Power Station	984 ft	300 m	1988	Germany	Duisburg-Walsum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Chimney of Kakanj Power Plant[62]