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Interstingly, there appears to be only one cooling tower here at the time of this picture. Another one next to it was built later that year and the pair became a distinctive sight on the local horizon, known by many locals as 'Salt & Pepper'.
In the 1970s it was decided to demolish them and a date was set (March 24th 1974) for their explosion.
On that date thousands of spectators crowded on to the hills overlooking the town to witness the explosion. However, when the explosive charge was set off under the first one with a huge noise, the cooling tower dropped just a couple of feet then settled just a little out of line. The cooling towers were then demolished gradually by an iron ball swung from a crane in October 1974. '