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Colourful cooling towers of the decommisioned Orlando Power Station
Image by Jorge Lascar
Orlando Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station in Soweto, South Africa. The power station was commissioned at the end of the Second World War and served Johannesburg for over 50 years.
The two cooling towers are a prominent landmark in Soweto. They were build in 1951 to replace the spray pond cooling system used up to that tim
Being supplied by sewage effluent from the Klipspruit Sewage Works, the spray ponds at Orlando were the first in South Africa to make use of this ready supply of coolant liquid.
Both towers are painted, one functioning as an advertising billboard and the other containing the largest mural painting in South Africa. The towers are also used for bungee and BASE jumping from a platform between the top of the two towers as well as a bungee swing into one of the towers.[Wikipedia.org]
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State Memorial Service for the Late Former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Image by GovernmentZA
Dignitaries attends the memorial service of the late former President Nelson Mandela at FNB Stadium in Soweto (Photo GCIS)
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