Ageing cooling towers bite the dust
Show all 3They dominated the landscape for 50 years, but yesterday the High Marnham cooling towers in Nottinghamshire were demolished in a controlled explosion.
The five towers had been out of action since the coal-fired power station closed in 2003. E.ON said its towers were "in danger of becoming unsafe". The Independent covered the issue last week.
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