List of tallest chimneys
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.

List of tallest chimneys

Section Title: Timeline of world's tallest chimney
Table Section Text: Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel.

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	138.3	454	Demolished in 1964

1885	1889	Langer Emil, Mechernich, Germany	19 September 1885	134.6	442	Demolished on 28 October 1961[5]

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	Demolished in 1982

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	Demolished in 2013

1917	1919	Ruston Smelter Stack, Ruston, Washington, USA	1917	174.0	571	Demolished 17 January 1993

1919	1937	Anaconda Smelter Stack, Anaconda, Montana, USA	5 May 1919	178.3	585	Tallest chimney built of bricks

1937	1951	Lead Smelter Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, Selby, California, USA	1937	184.7	606	Possibly Demolished in 1972-73

1951	1954	Lead Smelter Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, El Paso, Texas, USA	1950-51	183 or 186	600 or 611'8"	Conflicting information on actual height or the chimney's height may have been subsequently reduced. Demolished in April 2013

1954	1962	INCO Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery Stack, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	1954	194	637

1962	1966	Chimney of Schilling Power Station, Stade, Germany	1962	220	722	Demolished in 2006

1966	1967	Chimney of Kashira Power Plant, Kashira, USSR (now Russia)	1966	250	820

1967	1967	Chimney of American Smelting and Refining Co, El Paso, Texas, USA	30 January 1967	252.5	828	Demolished in April 2013

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, Ekibastuz, USSR (now Kazakhstan)	1987	419.7	1377

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At 454 feet Port Dundas was the tallest chimney in the world.

final_sentence: At 454 feet Port Dundas was the tallest chimney in the world.