"Some 20-30 local residents turn out to hold a candlelight vigil at the
block nearest to the Fisk coal plant." So, they protested burning stuff
by burning stuff?
Ken Hohhof wrote:
I can’t get past the mental image of pollution being OK if you piped
it 300 feet up into the atmosphere.
Also I remember when protesters climbed the 450 ft Fisk coal power
plant smokestack in Chicago.
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/greenpeace-activists-scale-450-ft-smokestack-on-100-year-old-chicago-coal-plant-updates.html
tallest smokestack in the world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekibastuz_GRES-2_Power_Station
this one in Utah has an elevator:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennecott_Smokestack
*From:* Jeremy <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, September 28, 2015 9:32 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Smokestack towers
I have the opportunity to go up on some of the tallest structures
around, but they are smokestacks built in the late 1800s. They are
probably 300' tall. I can find a ton of examples of where companies
have done this by searching 'smokestack cell tower' on Google Image
search, but I have some real concerns. One concern, the stacks in
this area seem to have been grandfathered in, as they have no warning
lights on top. Two, we live in an earthquake zone. It is not a
matter of 'if', but 'when'. So, these will likely come tumbling down.
When that happens, are people going to point fingers at the company
who added weight to the structure when it crushes someone?
There are some obvious engineering hurdles (renting a crane every time
there is an issue, or mounting low enough to rent a man lift, adding
backup equipment in case of failure, etc.), but those can be
overcome. I am primarily concerned about liability, and the potential
for having to update the structure to include lighting. Has anyone on
this list ever attempted something on the scale of a 300' smokestack
from the turn of the century? Any pointers, or specific law firms
that I should contact? Seriously debating just scrapping the idea....
