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Cooling Towers are Demolished in a Controlled Explosion |
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Cooling Towers, part of the former Blackburn Meadows electricity generating station, are demolished in a controlled explosion at the Tinsley viaduct site in Sheffield, northern England.
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Blackburn Meadows electricity generating station was built by the Sheffield Corporation in 1921,mainly to support the steel industry in the Lower Don Valley.
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Story by Nigel Roddis |
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Photo by NIGEL RODDIS |
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