These steaming towers look like nuclear energy units, but I've read that Indiana does not have any nuclear reactors. They are located just behind Mount Baldy on the shores of Lake Michigan in Michigan City,Indiana.
2006-07-25 07:06:44 · 3 answers · asked by BARBARA B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It's a cooling tower all right, but not a nuclear one. Just a lookalike. The power plant is actually coal. It's called the NIPSCO Coal Power Plant:
"When you make this left, you should be staring right at a cooling tower for the coal energy plant (this has been mistaken for a nuclear tower by many, including me, until I learned the truth)."
~ http://www.chicagokitesurfing.com/ridinglocations.html#Indiana
"All that changed when the city bosses agreed to let NIPSCO, the regional power company, build a huge, coal burning plant right at the harbor’s mouth. What was once a great attraction became an eyesore. The problem was compounded when, in the 1970s, NIPSCO added a Three Mile Island-style cooling tower. It’s not unusual to hear newcomers say they had no idea there was a nuclear plant in Michigan City."
~ http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2004/03/10/this_stinks.html
I found a nice little picture for you, so we can be sure we were talking about the same place:
~ http://images.nbii.gov/environments/nbii_m00219.jpg
2006-07-25 08:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by percentdisillusioned 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
it's a nuclear power plant
2006-07-25 09:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try mapquest.com and hone in on it.
2006-07-25 07:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by WHAT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋