List of Tallest Chimneys in The World - Timeline of World's Tallest Chimney

Timeline of World's Tallest Chimney

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records (as tallest free-standing or as overall tallest structure of a country).

Held record Name and Location Completed Height (m) Height (ft) Notes
From To
1820 1835 Chimney of North Lotts Glass Bottle Company, Dublin, Ireland 1820 30 95
1835 1842 Adams' Soap Works Chimney, Smethwick, Birmingham, England, UK Sep–Oct 1836 97.5 312
1842 1859 Tennant's Stalk, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 29 June 1842 132.7 435.5 Destroyed by lightning in 1922
1859 1889 Port Dundas Townsend Chimney, Glasgow, Scotland, UK 6 October 1859 138.4 454
1889 1908 Halsbrücker Esse, Halsbrücke, Germany 28 October 1889 140 459
1908 1914 The Big Stack, Great Falls, Montana, USA 23 November 1908 154.8 508
1914 1916 Hitachi Smelter and Refinery Stack, Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan 13 March 1914 155.7 511 Partially collapsed in 1993
1916 1917 Saganoseki Smelter and Refinery First Stack, Saganoseki, Ōita, Japan November 1916 167.6 550 To be demolished in 2012-2013
1917 1919 Ruston Smelter Stack, Ruston, Washington, USA 1917 174.0 571
1919 1962 Anaconda Smelter Stack, Anaconda, Montana, USA 5 May 1919 178.3 585 Tallest chimney built of bricks
1962 1967 Chimney of Schilling Power Station, Stade, Germany 1962 220 722
1967 1967 Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, El Paso, Texas, USA 30 January 1967 252.5 828
1967 1968 Chimney of Lippendorf Power Station, Neukieritzsch, Germany 1967 300 984 Demolished in 2005
1968 1971 Chimney of Mitchell Power Plant, Moundsville, West Virginia, USA 26 October 1968 367.6 1206
1971 1987 Inco Superstack, Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada 1971 380 1247
1987 GRES-2 Power Station, Ekibastusz, Kazakhstan 1987 419.7 1377


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