Of course
I preface this with in my opinion:
#3 has this big chimney in the middle which splits the pic in half but there's nothing on either side, nor is there any contrast (like trees on one side, cranes on the other or whatever). It leaves me wondering what I'm supposed to be looking at. Individual elements of it are all nice but together its just a bit aimless.
Exactly the same criticism of #4. The chimney disappearing into the clouds is a bit more interesting but its the same problem.
#1 has the cooling towers feeding into that cloud of steam, the silhouette actually interacts with the background and the spacing and positioning of the various towers and chimneys just works better to my eye.
#2 I like because its a tighter crop which uses the surrounding large buildings to good effect with large bold chunks of the frame taken up at a few angles which serves to concentrate my eye on the crane.