[2] Athlone Power Station was situated on the N2 freeway into the city, consisted of a large brick generation building, two 99m brick chimneys, and two cooling towers, fed by reclaimed water from a nearby sewage plant.
It was commissioned in 1962 with 6 turbines with a nominal capacity of 180 megawatts, and operated by the City of Cape Town.
[3] By 2003, significant investment was required due to the age of the power station, so generation ended.
[4] Athlone was the last coal-fired power station operating in Cape Town; the others, in the city centre and Salt River, were demolished in the 1980s and 1990s.
[8] The power station building and two 99m high chimneys are still standing while the city decides on the future of the site.