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

[Hodgkinson]

So there gone now :-(

I was wondering whether they could of been turned into a nightclub or music venue of sorts, the acoustics and echoes things when you stand inside them are absolutely amazing (Go to a power station open day and sign up for one of the guided tours, you'll see what I mean...). You could clap and hear your own echo come back four or five times...

I’m wondering whether that would have worked for such a venue? Stick a roof on top and check the walls for integrity, give them a bit of a clean and put a stage slap in the middle of each one... :afro:

Hodgkinson.  

[bloodline]

Hodgkinson wrote:
So there gone now :-(

I was wondering whether they could of been turned into a nightclub or music venue of sorts, the acoustics and echoes things when you stand inside them are absolutely amazing (Go to a power station open day and sign up for one of the guided tours, you'll see what I mean...). You could clap and hear your own echo come back four or five times...


I’m wondering whether that would have worked for such a venue? Stick a roof on top and check the walls for integrity, give them a bit of a clean and put a stage slap in the middle of each one... :afro:

Hodgkinson.  

From an audio engineering point of view it sounds like a  nightmare to control the sound... But it might make a great recording space... If only I could afford one :-)

[Hodgkinson]

Look at how much it's cost the council to demolish[/b] them :-o

No doubt anyone wanting to take them off the council's hands would probably have still had to pay into the coffers...

Heh, they're gone now anyway ;-(

EDIT: Ah, they wouldn't of had any problems with them that they have with crowds "overheating" in normal venues :-D

[ZeBeeDee]

I bet they would have made more money than the ill-fated Millennium Dome

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ZeBeeDee wrote:
I bet they would have made more money than the ill-fated Millennium Dome

The millenium dome, now O2 Arena, is actually rather sucessful now :-D

[ZeBeeDee]

I know ... I don't live that far away from it  :-)

[Boot_WB]

Hodgkinson wrote:
Look at how much it's cost the council to demolish[/b] them :-o

No doubt anyone wanting to take them off the council's hands would probably have still had to pay into the coffers...

I thought they were owned by Eon, hence the demolition costs would have been covered by them?

Anyway, it didn't wake me up, I believe the big bang was around 3 AM. Didn't hear a thing over here in Crookes, but then I sleep the sleep of the dead.

[odin]

[d]there[/d] they're

[Hodgkinson]

Ah, here’s the kinda thing I meant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlpBrRBt_eg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N-G8WWCLGg

 ;-)  :-D

[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.

[Hodgkinson]

I went into a cooling tower at the open day at West Burton power station quite a few years ago.

So did I ;-) That's why I was wondering whether the acoustic properties of the towers could of been made use of...
I had a quick look on Google recently to see if West Burton still ran the open days, though I didn’t spot anything - I’m wondering if they still run open days or if that’s been knocked in the head too…

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.

Kinda proves what they were saying about the risks of demolishing them for all those years, doesn’t it?

Im baffled as to why E.ON would want to, or be allowed to build a new power station so close to/in Sheffield itself?

[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.

[Hodgkinson]

That's true. But I'd of thought with the expansion of Sheffield in the mean time that rebuilding the power station on the very edge of Sheffield might have had second consideration.

Having said that, it’s in a prime location to receive biomass and deal with Sheffield's waste output at the same time, and as you say it'll be a bonus for EON's publicity and popularity, providing they don't end up burning stuff that smells like old tyres...

[bloodline]

BioMass tends to be anaerobic production of methane, for burning... which is actually quite clean :-)

[Hodgkinson]

Doh, I was thinking of a plant in the US that burns sawdust, woodchips and the like to raise steam. If it's what you say, then im all up for it, in fact it should be interesting to see in operation. I wonder if the Sheffield population will end up sorting organic waste from other refuse as they do in other countries?