Four landmark cooling towers are demolished in a ‘significant milestone in the history of the UK energy industry’. The 375-foot towers at the Ferrybridge Power Station in Knottingley, West Yorkshire were reduced to rubble in a controlled explosion. Around 140 homes were evacuated in the 328-yard exclusion zone surrounding the power station. Four towers at the Ferrybridge Power Station in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, are demolished in a controlled explosion lasting 45 seconds as crowds gather near their homes to watch Clouds of dust cause the towers to no longer be visible from the street as they disintegrate into the ground while crowds gather in the street Footage shows a rocket being fired into the air to mark a 30-second warning before the towers crumbled into the ground in huge clouds of dust lasting 45 seconds at 10.30am. People in nearby Pontefract watched in the rain as the smoke billowed into the sky following the destruction. And residents gathered on roadsides and in nearby fields to watch the towers, which have stood over the town for 50 years, disappear. There were cheers and gasps as the four towers – which have stood for over 50 years – fell to the ground…. Read full this story
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