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Four 300ft high cooling towers were demolished at the former Eggborough power station in North Yorkshire just after 8am on Sunday.
The coal-fired power station was decommissioned in 2018 and four of its eight towers — each containing around 11,000 tonnes of reinforced concrete — were demolished as part of a plan to redevelop the site.
The cooling towers can be seen for miles around and have been a Yorkshire landmark for 50 years, along with those at the other two nearby power stations along the M62, at Drax and Ferrybridge.
Four 300ft high cooling towers were demolished at the former Eggborough power station in North Yorkshire just after 8am on Sunday
Spectators dotted the fields around the rural location of the site to watch the demolition despite dismal, drizzling conditions.
The Yorkshire Day demolition was carried out by contractor DSM as police closed roads and 40 security guards patrolled a 350m exclusion zone.
DSM technical director Billy Young said: 'We are
