Tuft's Cove is a power station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia near the harbour narrows. It is one of the main plants in Nova Scotia and primarily serves the Halifax Regional Municipality. It features three 157 metre tall smokestacks. The plant was built in 1965 to provide more power for the then separate cities of Halifax and Dartmouth. Oil power plant in Iraq A power station or power plant is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... Dartmouth neighbourhoods and former city bounderies in relation to Halifax Regional Municipality Aerial Picture of Dartmouth Dartmouth, founded in 1750, is a community and former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages None Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 12th 55,283 km² 53,338... Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Please read first: This article is about the Nova Scotia community. ...

The community of Tuft's Cove was destroyed to build the plant, and surrounding communities were abandoned in later years due to a rise in pollution. In the 1990s the owners of the plant, Nova Scotia Power, funded a $32 million project to install filters on the smokestacks to limit this pollution.