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Orlando Towers.

Soweto’s painted cooling towers, left from a power station and turned into a mural and an adventure jump.

Photo: Tim giddings · Public domain

Where
Soweto
Was
Orlando Power Station cooling towers
Now
Murals and an adventure jump

The story behind it.

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.

Read the background on Wikipedia

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A spark for your day.

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