Legionnaires, Harlem and cooling towers
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Eight 375ft-tall cooling towers crashed to the ground yesterday in the largest simultaneous demolition of its kind. Hundreds of people watched the structures’ tumble at Cottam Power Station in
Harlem Hospital Center and a public health clinic are among the buildings with cooling towers that tested positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, during an outbreak in Harlem,
The TVA told the Hartsville mayor that it will demolish the large nuclear cooling tower next month. The tower is a relic from the failed nuclear power plant that never went online.
Spanning Cottam and two other former power stations, plans could deliver 6,800 homes, 15,500 jobs, and £930m in economic growth