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How It's Made - Electricity - Boiler LbNA #57017

Owner:Family Grave Seekers
Plant date:Feb 17, 2011
Location: Kirkland Memorial Gardens
City:Lakin
County:Mason
State:West Virginia
Boxes:1
Found by: Shalar
Last found:May 8, 2011
Status:FF
Last edited:Feb 17, 2011
How It’s Made – Electricity - Boiler

Have you ever wondered where your electricity comes from? Or how it is made? Traveling north on Rt. 62 from Point Pleasant, W. Va. to Mount Alto, W. Va. you will pass four coal-fired power plants, two on the Ohio side of the Ohio River and two on the West Virginia side. You will also pass a hydroelectric plant as well.

Continuing a simplified coal-fired plant description that was started with "How It's Made - Electricity - Pulverizer letterbox, the coal powder ground by the pulverizer is blown by large fans into a boiler and ignited by the fire already established inside. The coal fire is surrounded by miles and miles of tubes containing very pure water that is heated into steam just like a teakettle makes steam on your stovetop.

This letterbox commemorates General James M. Gavin Plant, a 2,600 megawatt power plant owned by American Electric Power and completed in 1975. It is the largest coal-fired plant in Ohio and is named for a person who had been adopted from an orphanage and grew up to become a World War II hero whose role is among those showcased in the D-Day movie titled “The Longest Day” to which he also served as American consultant during filming.

Clues: To find Boiler Letterbox, travel north on Rt. 62 in Mason County past the town of Point Pleasant. Between the 27 and 28 mile markers, you will find Kirkland Memorial Gardens on your right. Turn in and bear to the right, drive around until your car is pointing at the smoke stacks and cooling towers across the river at Gavin Plant. Park here. To your right you will see about 5 low growing shrubs flanked by 5 shrubs that are taller than a person. Look for a camouflaged box under the low-growing shrub closest to the tall-growing ones.

Please be discreet. Be sure to reseal and rehide well. Let me know how the box is fairing in this location and how your visit to the area was by contacting the placer.

While you’re in the area, you might want to find “West Virginia State Farm Museum Letterbox” as well. Happy Letterboxing!