pgmetcalf Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi folks, Does anyone remember how many cooling towers were at Owlerton power station? Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi folks, Does anyone remember how many cooling towers were at Owlerton power station? Ta From memory 3 and two chimneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick851 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hi folks, Does anyone remember how many cooling towers were at Owlerton power station? Ta the picture im looking at, 3 mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 From High House Road picturesheffield s17393 Elevated View... picturesheffield u01758 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 mmmm interesting, was the big black factory part of the power station? I seem to remember that the factory part was set up the embankment away from the cooling towers and there were track running into the factory but I'm not sure these were linked to the railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beemerboy Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Brammall and Ogdens demolished the cooling towers around1976,I worked at a local garage and on the site was a leyland 680 engine which powered the generator to work the lifts,at the time was a union dispute and water kept appearing in the fuel tank so it was me who went to bleed the system to get it going or they could'nt work,the boss asked me if i'like to go up the lift and I said yes I could'nt wait,biiiiig mistake,passing bricks comes to mind,I was clinging to the scaffolding for my life whilst all the fellas were going about their work laughing at my terror but what a view was well worth passing all those bricks!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Were there really three cooling towers? I have a photo taken, from Kymie's Hill (Cuthbert Bank Road), circa 1950 that only shows two towers and one chimney. Unless one tower is obscured when viewed from that angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Were there really three cooling towers? I have a photo taken, from Kymie's Hill (Cuthbert Bank Road), circa 1950 that only shows two towers and one chimney. Unless one tower is obscured when viewed from that angle? See I have just repaired the broken links to the picturesheffield site, and seen as it is your first post, welcome to SheffieldHistory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Back in the early 60's(?) the son of my Mum's next door neighbour graduated from University with an engineering degree. He went to work for the Generating Board, and his first design job was a new cooling tower at Ferrybridge. He achieved fame cos that was the one that blew down shortly afterwards! Apparently no allowance was made for the wind effect of the towers in the pattern they were laid out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Were there really three cooling towers? I have a photo taken, from Kymie's Hill (Cuthbert Bank Road), circa 1950 that only shows two towers and one chimney. Unless one tower is obscured when viewed from that angle? The last tower was built around 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Szpajer Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 On 5/27/2012 at 14:58, Bayleaf said: Back in the early 60's(?) the son of my Mum's next door neighbour graduated from University with an engineering degree. He went to work for the Generating Board, and his first design job was a new cooling tower at Ferrybridge. He achieved fame cos that was the one that blew down shortly afterwards! Apparently no allowance was made for the wind effect of the towers in the pattern they were laid out. my father worked as a steel fixer at ferrybridge and he always thought not enough steel was put in some of the cooling towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old rider Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 20 hours ago, David Szpajer said: my father worked as a steel fixer at ferrybridge and he always thought not enough steel was put in some of the cooling towers. It was more than 1 of the cooling towers that blew down at Ferrybridge. The ones facing the wind were intact but the ones behind had only the bases left. It was claimed that the wind was accelerated as it blew around the front ones creating a vortex that damaged the back ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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