Three cooling towers of Didcot A Power Station were demolished in the early hours of Sunday morning

The demolition was carried out by Birmingham-based specialist Coleman and Company for RWE nPower and was streamed live online.

More than 180kg of explosive was used to bring the towers down.

Each tower was 99 metres tall and together the three towers contained around 36,000 tonnes of concrete and steel.

Robinson & Birdsell was the explosives subcontractor for the demolition.

Didcot power station demolition

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