Before and After: What New Salem Power Station Will Look Like From Marblehead

The computer-rendered photos above were included in a presentation to area residents at Bentley Elementary School in Salem recently of the new Footprint Salem Harbor Station.

The photos offer a before and after look at what the redesigned power station is expected to look like -- the biggest change being the fact that new plant would have only one smokestack in place of the current facility's three. And that stack would be less than half the height (230 feet) of the tallest existing one (492 feet).

Vantage points highlighted in the study include Bentley Elementary School, Winter Island, Marblehead and Cat Cove.

Click here to view the entire Powerpoint presentation, which has been posted on the city of Salem website.

What do you think of the computer-generated "after" photographs? Are you pleased to see that the nearly 500-foot smokestack will be torn down? Will you miss seeing them as part of the skyline? 

Let us know in the comments section below.