Tinsley cooling towers, Sheffield (One for bloodline actually...)

[steve30]

It was a loud bang. I was stood on Sheffield Road when it happened. Apparently it could be heard as far away as Mexborough.

I went into a cooling tower at the open day at West Burton power station quite a few years ago. Can't really remember much about it though.

The Tinsley cooling towers are owned by E.ON and as far as I'm aware they paid for it. There was a bit of controversy about how safe they were after one of them didn't fall down completely. Some people said that E.ON just wanted rid of them so they can build their new biomass power station.

They probably would have made a good place to be used as some kind of venue. If it was used for music though they would have to do alot of work on them to stop the sound from leaving the area and keeping everyone awake at night. I know some people were thinking of using them for such purposes. It is a shame they are gone now. The area looks very different.

[steve30]

It will look good for them if they are building a new biomass power station. Anyway, it would really only be replacing the old one, with a long delay between knocking the old one down and building the new one.

[steve30]

As far as I'm aware they will be using some specially grown crops, but they could use other waste as well. I'd don't know if Sheffield have a green waste recycling system. Here in Rotherham we have a green wheelie bin which is for grass clippings etc. The contents of those could be used.