Athlone cooling towers demolition video
link
http://www.zoopy.com/video/4x9b/athlone-cooling-towers-implosion
Cool Alf, wondered when our Cape Town correspondents were going to post something... perhaps they are still mourning.
Here are another 2 clips that I liked, had good view.
This one has nice view of the whole towers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL234ixf4yQ
And this one is real close up with big sound...
http://www.news24.com/Galleries/Video/Videos/South%20Africa/Athlone%20towers%20demolished
I like the comment of a Cape Tonian interviewed on radio just after the implosion...
Radio dude: So how do you feel now that the towers are gone?
Other dude:.... Empty........!!!
Definitley sad to see a well recognised landmark being removed... It served its purpose though technically and unintentionally geographically too. If it is a risk; then all the better for the safety aspect. I just wonder how long then until the smoke stacks and the rest of the station come down too...? They probably are not as much of a problem to bring down and they are further from the road.
Cape Town early for a change they went down at exactly 11.56:23.
The birds nesting in them were moved to the thinner tower on the powerstation building itself...thought that was rather cool.
Did not see it was at lunch appointment ... thanks for the clips ...
Quit impressive and I noticed the spectators were kept a good distance away. In 1997 in Canberra they demolished a hospital it was billed by local officials as a family event. The demolition sent debris flying into a crowd of thousands of onlookers, killing a 12-year-old girl at least nine other people were injured when the planned implosion went wrong.