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East London skyline transformed as first Olympic Park pylon comes down
13.11.08 - 18:23 ... source : London 2012
... 13 November 2008Work began today to remove the first of 52 pylons which dominate the Olympic Park landscape, symbolising the long-term regeneration the London 2012 Games is bringing to the area and transforming the skyline of east London for good.The two-year powerlines construction project has seen two 6 kilometre tunnels built beneath the Olympic Park, enabling the power needed for the Games and legacy developments to be carried underground. The final phase of the powerlines project started today on schedule with the removal of the overhead pylons, each up to 60m high, which run through the centre of the Olympic Park site, stretching from Hackney to West Ham. ODA Chief Executive David Higgins, LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, National Grid Executive Director Nick Winser, and EDF Energy Chief Executive Vincent de Rivaz visited the Olympic Park site today to view the first over ...» Next (HTML)
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