Four cooling towers of a power plant in England were demolished in an instant after the facility ceased operations.
Moment the four towers were demolished. (Screenshot: BBC).
According to Newsweek, the demolition took place on October 10 at the Eggborough Power Station in Yorkshire, northern England. The four cooling towers were brought down with explosives in an instant, turning to dust and creating large plumes of smoke.
Each tower stood 113 meters tall and was constructed using 11,000 tons of reinforced concrete. The Eggborough facility has been out of operation since 2018. This 2,000-megawatt power plant had eight cooling towers, and in August, the first four were demolished.
Construction News reported that it took 18 months to plan the demolitions, as the executing party needed to consider suitable options given the nearby substation and overhead power lines.
DSM Demolition was the company that carried out the blast. Project director James Fincham stated that his team is ready to perform the next demolitions, which are expected to take place next year. The 20-meter-high chimney at the power plant is anticipated to be the next structure to be destroyed.
The demolition occurred early in the morning, and residents living within a 32-kilometer radius heard and felt the explosion. Roads surrounding the plant were closed while security personnel patrolled the area more than 300 meters around the blast site.
According to local media, the coal power plant was shut down after it became financially unviable.
