Boom!

The Tinsley cooling towers have been one of Sheffield’s best known landmarks for many years. They were once two out of the seven cooling towers at Blackburn Meadows Power Station which was built between 1937 and 1942.

They have been threatened with demolition many times, but always saved by their proximity to the elevated […]

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Links:Their fate is sealed: E-ON’s press release confirms the date for demolitionE-ON‘s e-mail response to enquiries about the towers

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Links:The Tinsley Viaduct and Towers on Wikipedia Goodbye Tinsley Towers

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Links:Flickr photos of the Tinsley Cooling Towers A Flickr group for photos of the doomed towers

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Links:English Heritage report (pdf)Images of the towers – photos on the BBC website

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Links:The One Show started their Ugly Beautiful series with a visit to Sheffield’s Tinsley Cooling Towers

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Links:E-ON – Tinsley Towers

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Links:The Tinsley Towers Trust

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Everything Must Go

The fate of one of Sheffield’s best known, but most controversial, landmarks is sealed. Sometime this year the two cooling towers that stand next to the M1 will be demolished. Some people will be happy to see them go, but I won’t, I love them.

The two Toms (Tom James and Tom Keeley) had spearheaded […]