‘End of an era’: explosives topple giant chimneys at defunct NSW coal-fired power plant

The 175-metre chimneys at Wallerawang on the edge of the Blue Mountains collapsed in seconds

Explosive engineers have demolished two giant chimney stacks and a boiler at a defunct coal-fired power station west of Sydney as part of efforts to transform the site.

The 175-metre chimneys at Wallerawang have loomed large for residents of Lithgow, a town on the western edge of the Blue Mountains that is home to two coal-fired plants and coalmines.