Tomorrow’s blast the first of three as power station is replaced by housing.
A 30 metre-high structure at Inverkip Power Station is to be demolished this week by controlled explosion.
The air heater structure is made mainly of steel and was used to pre-heat air for the steam boilers to increase the efficiency of the power station.
It will be demolished on Wednesday, the first of three similar structures that are to be brought down using controlled explosions. The further two demolitions are planned for late autumn. All three structures are located on the seaward side of the main boiler house.
The full demolition programme at Inverkip is set to run for at least a further 18 months. The removal of the air heater will be managed by ScottishPower’s contractor Brown and Mason, and the controlled explosive demolition is set to take place at 3pm.
Inverkip’s chimney is the tallest free-standing structure in Scotland and third tallest in the UK. It is 236 metres (778ft) high and contains more than 1,400,000 bricks and 20,000 tonnes of concrete.
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