Smoke Stack Archive

From my archive folder, originally the NSP smoke stack in St Paul. Which then became the Xcel Energy Center smoke stack. But has since been torn down to make way for a cleaner form of energy of some kind. I honestly do not know what they are using to make energy these days, but it is part of the over hyped "green" technology.

Frigid Temps

I took this one back in January when the temperature in the early morning was around -15F. The Ashland Oil Refinery was throwing off steam everywhere making visibility of the refinery almost invisible. One thing I have noticed, the colder the temperature is, the more steam is present.

Green Grass, Blue Sky, Power Plant

Perhaps it's just me, but I happen to like this photo. Outstanding looking sky, puffy clouds, green field below, one very large smoke stack. Does it get any better than this? I was right, it's just me. Took this one while traveling on Sheppard Road in St Paul. This is the Xcel Energy Plant, used to be called the NSP plant until recently. 400 foot tall comes to mind on the height of the tower. I did brief google search, but couldn't find any specs related to the tower height.

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Torino, Italy
Cairo, Egypt
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smoke factory

I was walking by the cloud factory that Carol of St Paul Daily Photo had posted a photo of back in December 2006. I only have distance shots of the area and since I was so close for a change, I needed to take a photo of it. It was a warm day at the time of the photo taking and there was no smoke pouring out of it.