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March 17, 2017 · 3:15 PM EDT

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Coal plant

This is a photo from inside the coal-fired Richard H. Gorsuch Generating Station in Marietta, Ohio. The plant was closed later that year to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act. 

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Mike/CC BY-ND 2.0 (image cropped)

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