Room With A View?
Steel stairs lead to the top of the Red Oak Fire Tower where there's a 14-foot square cabin with panoramic windows and a metal catwalk. There's electricity, but no water.
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AEP To Buy Longview Power Plant
American Electric Power (AEP) has agreed to buy one of the nation’s newest, but troubled, coal-fired electric plants. It also comes with permits to build a natural gas plant.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va.’s Longview Power Declares Bankruptcy Citing Low Energy Prices, Coronavirus
A West Virginia-based coal plant operator has announced that it’s filing for bankruptcy due to weak demand for electricity. Longview Power LLC, which…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPower Plant Fire Prompts Evacuation
Emergency response officials are evacuating homes around a coal-fired plant near Morgantown, West Virginia, because of a fire at a methane tank at the…
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