Athlone Power Station
Athlone Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. The site stopped generating power in 2003 and was decommissioned.Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Athlone Stadium and Langa Secondary School.
Athlone Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Azwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium holds 34,000 people and it was built in 1972. Athlone Stadium is situated 1½ km south of Athlone Power Station.
Langa Secondary School
School
Aloe Secondary School is a school in the Western Cape. Langa Secondary School is situated 1½ km east of Athlone Power Station.
Athlone High School
School
Athlone High School is a public, co-educational high school in Silvertown, Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Athlone High School is situated 2 km southeast of Athlone Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langa and Pinelands.
Langa
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Churchard, CC BY 2.0.
Langa is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "sun". The township was initially built in phases before being formally opened in 1927.
Pinelands
Suburb
Pinelands is a large garden city suburb, located on the northern edge of the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town, South Africa. The neighborhood is known for its large thatched houses, green spaces, and convenient central location within Cape Town.
Athlone
Suburb
Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats, south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned coal-burning Athlone Power Station.
Athlone Power Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: defunct power station in Cape Town, South Africa
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.94772° or 33° 56′ 52″ southLongitude
18.51234° or 18° 30′ 44″ eastInception
1962Open location code
4FRW3G26+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 814750749OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q2330023
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Satellite Map
Discover Athlone Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Athlone Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Athlone Power Station”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athlone kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Athlone kraftverk”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Athlone”
- Portuguese: “Athlone Power Station”
- Russian: “ТЭС Атлон”
- Spanish: “Central eléctrica de Athlone”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Athlone Gas Turbine and Langa Sports Ground.
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