South African cooling towers face demolition following reinforcement ring failure.
The two cooling towers at the decommissioned Athlone power station in Cape Town will be demolished after a reinforcement ring around one structure collapsed early Sunday.
The N2 was briefly closed as a precaution after the ring, fitted 18 years ago, crashed to the ground, Alderman Clive Justus from the mayoral committee for utilities said in a statement. He said the highway was reopened after structural engineers advised that there was no danger to passing cars.
Justus said the landmark towers would be torn down as soon as the council had studied a report by engineers and put in place measures to ensure municipal services were not disrupted.
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