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Tallest chimney
Record
419.7 m
1,377.0 ft
- Record holder
- Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station
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What to remember
In Kazakhstan, Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station has a chimney 419.7 m tall, or 1,377 feet, built in 1987. No chimney ever built has been taller, which gives it the chimney line among the height records.
The station burns coal. It lies close to Solnechny and Shandaksor, and its ash is dumped into Karasor, a nearby lake. Together with GRES-1, it helped generate over 40% of the country's electricity in 2025.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Tallest structures by category” (revision used 1378771440). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Druschba 4, Photo licensed under Public domain (Wikimedia Commons).
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