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Demolition of Tinsley cooling towers on 24 August 2008. The viaduct is one of Sheffield's most prominent landmarks, and was once made all the more so by the adjacent pair of cooling towers that were left standing for safety reasons after the demolition of the Blackburn Meadows Power Station. The cooling towers were a major point of contention ...
The coal power station on the site was best known for its two cooling towers, which remained standing for nearly thirty years after closure, forming a landmark along the M1 motorway in Sheffield and coming to be known as the Tinsley Towers, after the district of the city in which they are located. They were demolished in 2008.
Twin cooling towers of the former Blackburn Meadows Power Station that remained standing for 27 years after it was decommissioned in 1980, due to the difficulty in demolishing them with their proximity to the M1 motorway's Tinsley Viaduct. During this time they became an iconic symbol of Sheffield, and there was a campaign to save them and turn ...
Although it closed in October 1980, two of its cooling towers which were designed by L. G. Mouchel and Partners in 1937, remained until 2008, as demolition was difficult because of their proximity to Tinsley Viaduct, which carries the M1 motorway across the Don valley. Following extensive upgrading of the treatment works, to improve the quality ...
Tinsley is a suburb of north-eastern Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; it falls within the Darnall ward of the city. The area is associated with: The former Tinsley Marshalling Yard , which was used between 1965 and 1998 to separate railway wagons from incoming freight trains and add them to new trains.
The two remaining cooling towers by the Tinsley Viaduct were demolished. 2013: The Don Valley Stadium closed due financial problems. 2018: Sheffield Supertram is extended to Rotherham Parkgate via Tinsley using tram-train motive power.
Part of the motorway close to Tinsley Viaduct was closed to allow safe demolition of the Tinsley cooling towers in the early hours of 24 August 2008. [51] The M1 remained closed for much of the day until the stability of the viaduct was confirmed.
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