ESB’s twin towers tumble in cloud of dust

THE cooling towers at Rhode Power Station in Offaly were demolished in a cloud of dust yesterday.

Contractors from the British company Robinson and Birdsell had placed a small quantity of explosives at the base of each tower and after they set them off at 11am, gravity did the rest.

The towers, which were around 80 metres high, had been a landmark for motorists passing through Kilbeggan in Co Westmeath on the Dublin-Galway road.