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Landmark cooling towers at a decommissioned power station in Nottinghamshire have been demolished. Contractors said the flattening of the eight 114m (375ft) structures at Cottam Power Station was the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out.

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Landmark cooling towers at a decommissioned power station in Nottinghamshire have been demolished. Contractors said the flattening of the eight 114m (375ft) structures at Cottam Power Station was the largest simultaneous demolition of cooling towers ever carried out.

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Peter du Toit (peterdutoit@mastodon.green)'s status on Sunday, 17-Aug-2025 23:32:59 JST Peter du Toit

The cooling towers of the Nottinghamshire coal power plant, which operated 1968-2019 and was responsible for approximately ~400 million tonnes (MtCO₂) going into the atmosphere (and which will remain there for 300 to 1,000 years) were demolished Aug 14th.
Damage done.
But satisfying to see this!
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqle96yxd1vo

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