Methil – 300ft chimney stack is demolished

by Steve Kydd on June 8, 2011

Methil No More ! - the 300ft chimney on the way down. - Image ©STV

Filming assignment, Wednesday, 8th June 2011.

A 300ft chimney stack in Fife has been blown up – marking the demolition of the last part of Methil Power Station.

Hundreds of spectators gathered to watch as the concrete structure came down.

The power station was opened in 1965 and was one of the only stations in the UK designed to run on coal slurry.

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