One of the most emblematic features of East Lothian’s landscape,Cockenzie power station will be blown up on Saturday, its twin towers and turbine hall erased by the shift to clean energy and an unsentimental planning system.
The end is nigh for Cockenzie power station in East Lothian. At 12 midday on Saturday, or the distinctive twin chimneys will buckle and fall; a moment explosion will bring down the steel turbine hall.
Nothing can save them now: all that’s left to carry out is build our lament and find a good spot to watch the spectacle. It is not often that an entire landscape changes with the press of a button,but when the dust finally settles over Port Seton, the view east from Edinburgh will reveal an even horizon.
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Source: theguardian.com