Last concrete chimney at Marsa's power station going down

The last of the Marsa power station's concrete chimney is currently in the process of going down.

The demolition of the last remaining two chimneys started early on Thursday and is now in its final stages.

The first structure to be demolished was the 1986 stack of Unit 8, the largest electricity generator at the Marsa Power Station, which was switched off for the last time in February 2015, Enemalta said.

WATCH: Marsa chimney is going, going, gone

At 81 metres above ground level, this five-metre wide concrete chimney was the tallest structure of the Marsa Power Station. The highest structure on site, however, was the 69-metre steel stack of Unit 7, which was situated on higher grounds a few metres away. This chimney was dismantled earlier this year, along with other structures of the Power Station.    

The remaining 42-metre chimney is now being demolished. Built in 1970, this chimney formed part of the first extension of the Marsa B Power Station, which included the installation of two steam boilers and two 30-megawatt turbines.