The Grain A power station chimney in Kent has become the biggest concrete structure in the UK to be demolished.
Ukconstructionmedia writes:
The Grain power station chimney standing at 801ft was two and half times taller than Big Ben took place at 11am on Wednesday morning, reducing the structure to 40,000 tonnes of concrete rubble and dust.
The demolition project started in April 2014 and has seen five demolitions carried out to remove the main infrastructure of the power plant.
Since demolition work began on the project, over 84,000 tonnes of material has been removed from the site to be recycled, with work set to continue until the end of the year.
The Grain A power station was opened 37 years ago in 1979 and was capable of generating enough electricity to provide power for over a million homes.
The plant was closed in December 2012 under the EU’s Large Combustion Plant Directive….
