Scotland’s tallest free standing structure, the Inverkip power station’s tower, will be demolished tomorrow (28th July 2013) using explosives.
The chimney, at 236 m (778 feet) contains contains more than 1.4 million bricks and 20,000 tonnes of concrete, and is the third tallest free-standing structure in the UK.
Although built in 1970, due to the soaring price of oil in the 1970s the station was never commercially operated - except in 1984 and 1985, as a result of coal shortages.
I was lucky enough to view it recently, while it existed. The height of the chimney is awesome.
