List of tallest chimneys

This list of the tallest chimneys in the world ranks chimneys by height.

Use

Although many kinds of industrial facilities have tall chimneys, most of the chimneys with heights of or more are part of thermal, especially coal-fired power stations. This is to increase the stack effect and disperse pollutants. Only a few smelters, steel mills, chemical factories and oil refineries use such tall 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. Although chimneys never held the absolute height record, they are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and often hold national records.
Hamon Custodis claims to have built a stack in 1953, but there are no references to the location or client of this/these stack. Skyscraperpage indicates the chimney of Omskaya Cogeneration Plant #4 was built in 1965, but it is likely that this date is referring to the construction of the first section of the plant with the smaller chimney. No other references or information can be found to corroborate this claim.

List

Indicates a structure that is no longer standing.
Japanese Steel Smokestacks
This is a list of Japanese smokestacks built from large sections of steel pipe. The majority of tall steel chimneys in the world are located in Japan. Unlike other modern developed countries which use reinforced concrete to build tall chimneys, Japan has historically used steel until recently in smokestack construction.

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Height m	Height ft	Remarks
Hsinta Power Plant		Taiwan	Kaohsiung	250 m	820 ft	2 chimneys
Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 1	2001	Japan	Kashima	230 m	755 ft
Chita Thermal Power Station, stack 1		Japan	Chita	220 m	722 ft
Kimitsu Steel Works		Japan	Kimitsu	220 m	722 ft
Kyushudenryoku Shinkokura Power Station, Stack 2		Japan	Kitakyushu	200 m	656 ft
Sakaide Power Plant	1971	Japan	Sakaide	200 m	656 ft
Hekinan Thermal Power Station, stack 1		Japan	Hekinan	200 m	656 ft
Hekinan Thermal Power Station, stack 2		Japan	Hekinan	200 m	656 ft
Atsumi Thermal Power Station		Japan	Atsumi	200 m	656 ft
Chita Thermal Power Station, stack 2		Japan	Chita	200 m	656 ft
Chita Daini Thermal Power Station		Japan	Chita	200 m	656 ft
Anan Power Plant		Japan	Anan	200 m	656 ft
Kawagoe Power Station, stack 1	1983	Japan	Kawagoe	200 m	656 ft
Kawagoe Power Station, stack 2	1983	Japan	Kawagoe	200 m	656 ft
Yokkaichi Power Station, stack 1		Japan	Yokkaichi	200 m	656 ft
Yokkaichi Power Station, stack 2		Japan	Yokkaichi	200 m	656 ft
Showa Yokkaichi Oil Plant		Japan	Yokkaichi	200 m	656 ft
Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 2		Japan	Kashima	197 m	646 ft
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kurosaki Plant Site, Stack 1		Japan	Yahatanishi	190 m	624 ft
Mie Plant of Mitsubishi Chemical		Japan	Yokkaichi	174 m	572 ft
South Processing Factory, Yokosuka City		Japan	Yokosuka City	170 m	558 ft
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kurosaki Plant Site, Stack 2		Japan	Yahatanishi	170 m	558 ft
Mitsubishi Chemical Kashima Plant, stack 3		Japan	Kashima	151 m	495 ft
Atsumi Thermal Power Station		Japan	Atsumi	150 m	492 ft