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Inco Superstack

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The Inco Superstack in Sudbury, Ontario, with a height of 381 metres (1,250 ft), is the tallest chimney in Canada and the Western Hemisphere, and the second-tallest freestanding chimney in the world after the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station in Kazakhstan. It is also the second-tallest freestanding structure of any type in Canada, behind the CN Tower but ahead of First Canadian Place. As of 2023, it is the 51st-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The Superstack is located on top of the largest nickel smelting operation in the world at Vale's Copper Cliff processing facility in the city of Greater Sudbury.

Inco Superstack - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 46°28′48.23″N 81°3′23.43″W / 46.4800639°N 81.0565083°W / 46.4800639; -81.0565083 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Second-tallest freestanding chimney "},"image_caption":{"wt":"The Vale-Inco Superstack at the Inco Copper Cliff smelter"},"pushpin_map":{"wt":""},"pushpin_alt":{"wt":""},"map_caption":{"wt":""},"pushpin_map_size":{"wt":""},"pushpin_label":{"wt":""},"pushpin_mark":{"wt":""},"pushpin_relief":{"wt":""},"alternate_names":{"wt":"Vale Superstack"},"status":{"wt":"Decommissioned"},"cancelled":{"wt":""},"topped_out":{"wt":""},"

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