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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Aug 23, 2008 14:07
There is great excitement in the city of Sheffield as preparations are
being made to blow up the two Tinsley cooling towers tonight "in the
early hours", which I am told means 3 am. They are doing it at night
because the towers are perilously close to Tinsley Viaduct, which
carries the M1 across the Don Valley. They will close the motorway for
several hours while it all happens.
It's sort of a shame, because although they are ugly, people have a
kind of fondness for them, you can see them from miles away, and as
you approach them on the motorway, you know that you're nearly home. I
hope they put up some huge monumental and iconic sculpture to replace
them.
I won't go and watch on the site, but I might pop out to somewhere
where I can see them (like just down the road from here), and if the
things are floodlit for the event, I should get a distant view.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7561179.stm
http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/Final-countdown-for-Sheffield39s-twin.4417664...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KosuMw6yz6c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scMjhTsJMg&feature=related
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Author: ClotClot Date: Aug 23, 2008 14:54
Ben newsam wrote:
> There is great excitement in the city of Sheffield as preparations are
> being made to blow up the two Tinsley cooling towers tonight "in the
> early hours", which I am told means 3 am. They are doing it at night
> because the towers are perilously close to Tinsley Viaduct, which
> carries the M1 across the Don Valley. They will close the motorway for
> several hours while it all happens.
>
> It's sort of a shame, because although they are ugly, people have a
> kind of fondness for them, you can see them from miles away, and as
> you approach them on the motorway, you know that you're nearly home. I
> hope they put up some huge monumental and iconic sculpture to replace
> them.
>
> I won't go and watch on the site, but I might pop out to somewhere
> where I can see them (like just down the road from here), and if the
> things are floodlit for the event, I should get a distant view.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7561179.stm
> ...
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Aug 23, 2008 19:20
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:54:24 +0100, "Clot"
wrote:
>Ben newsam wrote:
>> There is great excitement in the city of Sheffield as preparations are
>> being made to blow up the two Tinsley cooling towers tonight "in the
>> early hours", which I am told means...
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Author: muddy catmuddy cat Date: Aug 23, 2008 20:04
In article 4ax.com>,
Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, the explosion happened on the dot at 3am, and the result was
> that one of the towers was demolished, but the other one didn't budge
> properly. Apparently, a bit fell off the top, and it settled a bit,
> but is still there. Bummer. That's a bit of a problem for the
> engineers, then.
Oops.
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Author: The Older GentlemanThe Older Gentleman Date: Aug 23, 2008 20:43
Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, the explosion happened on the dot at 3am, and the result was
> that one of the towers was demolished, but the other one didn't budge
> properly. Apparently, a bit fell off the top, and it settled a bit,
> but is still there. Bummer. That's a bit of a problem for the
> engineers, then.
And is the M1 still closed?
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Author: GeepGeep Date: Aug 23, 2008 23:15
In message <3gt0b45ttsj2pavqefpp1c6lq8sqehrqfi@ 4ax.com>, Ben newsam
gmail.com> writes>There is great excitement in the city of Sheffield as preparations are
>being made to blow up the two Tinsley cooling towers tonight "in the
>early hours", which I am told means 3 am.
Yeah, I read about that elsewhere. Known locally as Bill and Ben,
apparently.
>
>It's sort of a shame, because although they are ugly, people have a
>kind of fondness for them, you can see them from miles away, and as
>you approach them on the motorway, you know that you're nearly home. I
>hope they put up some huge monumental and iconic sculpture to replace
>them.
Sheffield needs to commission Antony Gormley. Perhaps you could have
your own Angel. Angel of the Centre?
--
Geep
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Aug 24, 2008 00:25
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:43:44 +0100, totallydeadmailbox@ yahoo.co.uk
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Well, the explosion happened on the dot at 3am, and the result was
>> that one of the towers was demolished, but the other one didn't budge
>> properly. Apparently, a bit fell off the top, and it settled a bit,
>> but is still there. Bummer. That's a bit of a problem for the
>> engineers, then.
>
>And is the M1 still closed?
OK, what happened is that the remaining (rather large) lump of cooling
tower was persuaded to fall down about 3 hours after the time of the
blast. Tinsley Viaduct is Junction 34 of the M1, and the motorway was
closed from J33 to J35. Right now it is open again right up to and
including the roundabouts at each end of the bridge, but the bridge
itself is still closed on both decks until the checks are complete.
The idea was to close it for most of today anyway, and it seems to be
going to plan.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Aug 24, 2008 04:49
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:25:48 +0100, Ben newsam
gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:43:44 +0100, totallydeadmailbox@ yahoo.co.uk
>(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> >>Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Well, the explosion happened on the dot...
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Author: JennyCJennyC Date: Aug 24, 2008 10:16
"muddy cat" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:muddydotcat-89FBA9.20041023082008@news.individual.net...> In article 4ax.com>,
> Ben newsam gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Well, the explosion happened on the dot at 3am, and the result was
>> that one of the towers was demolished, but the other one didn't budge
>> properly. Apparently, a bit fell off the top, and it settled a bit,
>> but is still there. Bummer. That's a bit of a problem for the
>> engineers, then.
>
> Oops.
> Mike
>
Bloody shame.
In Germany they have saved loads of old industrial sites/buildings etc., and
transformed them into all sorts of other uses. Theatres, amusement parks,
climbing towers.........
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