The Cooling Towers of the Thermal Power Station of Endesa Will No Longer Reign in the Landscape of As Pontes
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Endesa knocks down the four towers of the old As Pontes plant, a new step in dismantling the largest coal thermal.
Less than 14 minutes have been enough for the disappearance this Thursday from the four of the 4 cooling towers of the thermal of Endesa in As Pontes (La Coruña). Spain continues to say goodbye to the burning of coal.
With the noise of palenque pumps and a large dust, the constructions of 99 meters high disappeared although there was not a simultaneous demolition as planned, but it took 14 minutes to complete the complex operation
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It was enough 14 minutes to erase one of the most recognizable industrial prints in Galicia. A little more than 400 kilos of explosives broke down on Thursday the four cooling towers of the old thermal plant of Endesa in As Pontes. The demolition of the structures, 99 meters high and 11,000 tons of weight each — first two and then the remaining ones — puts an end to half a century of energy history and symbolizes the definitive closure of the co…
Hundreds of neighbors and former workers gathered next Thursday next to the Endesa plant to bid farewell with applause and nostalgia to the four towers that marked the Pontes landscape for almost half a century.
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