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VW Power Plant
Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg Germany

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1938
  Finished1961
Building Uses
 - electrical
 - factory
 - industrial
Structural Types
 - chimney
 - lowrise

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
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4 Equal Chimney. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Kraftwerke
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Description
• Owner: Volkswagen Kraftwerk GmbH.
• Entrepeneurs: German Government, Ferdinand Porsche.
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• Electrical Power: 140 MW.
• Warm Delivery: 755 MW.

• Landmark of Automobile city.

• Process heating / cooling, compressed air, for VW and Motor City factory and district, busbar Coal / gas / oil power plant. Divided in 2 Blocks. Renovated in 1989 & 1999.
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• Info Page: http://www.kraftwerke-online.de/php_scripte/kraftwerke.php?deutsch&&vwn&

The south part of the Power Plant was built between 1938 and 1939, while the north part was built 1960-1962. Three of the chimneys was built 1961 (meaning the building reached it's current height that year) and the fourth in 1966. It has been renovated many times since.


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