Thousands of people yesterday watched as three cooling towers and a giant chimney which dominated the east Kent (UK) skyline for 50 years were blown up. It was a breathtaking show. The demolition at Richborough Power Station, near Sandwich, was carried out by explosives experts and took less than one minute.The 300ft (100m) towers were part of a complex which opened in 1962 to burn fuel from the Kent coalfields. The owners of the plant want to build a green energy park on the site. Almost every accessible vantage point on roads in the surrounding area was taken as people parked where they could to watch the demolition.
