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A FINAL LOOK INSIDE A LANDMARK BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS FOR GOOD
It was once Australia’s biggest power station – now it’s the country’s largest demolition project.
The levelling of Lake Macquarie’s Munmorah Power Station will go off with a bang next month, when two iconic stacks are brought down.
Reporter Georgina Smyth went onsite, before the plant disappears for good.
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I worked on the construction of this plant with the instrument and control company Leeds & Northrup. It was the first power station in Australia to use electric and electronic controls including a digital computer to monitor the plant