Inco Superstack

The Inco SuperStack in Greater Sudbury, Ontario ( Canada), with a height of 381 m the second highest chimney of the earth (to the fireplace in the Kazakh power plant Ekibastus ( 419.7 m)).

It was built in 1972 by Inco Limited and cost approximately 25 million dollars. The chimney stands on the site of the largest nickel refinery in the world, Inco 's Copper Cliff Lodge. The fireplace is the second tallest structure in Canada, he is still ahead of the First Canadian Place ( 355 m ), but behind the 553 -meter CN Tower in Toronto. Even to the chimney is the fifth- tallest freestanding structure in North America, after the CN Tower ( 553 m), the Willis Tower (until 2009 Sears Tower, 527 m), the John Hancock Center ( 457 m) and the Empire State Building ( 449 m).

46.480055555556 - 81.0565Koordinaten: 46 ° 28 '48 " N, 81 ° 3' 23 " W

  • Chimney
  • Structure in Ontario
  • Greater Sudbury
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