Cape Town came to watch as the Athlone Towers tumbled yesterday.
It is a story that we have followed for about a year now and which began with news that, following the failure of one of the rings, the Athlone Towers in Cape Town, South Africa would have to be demolished. And yesterday, that story came to a dramatic end with both towers coming down in a simultaneous implosion.
Needless to say, YouTube today is crammed with footage from this momentous blast but we have gathered together what we believe to be the pick of the bunch (so far):
Athlone Cooling Towers Demolition from Phillip Gibb on Vimeo.