Willington Cooling Towers - Possible Demolition - March 09

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james.s

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I visited Willington Cooling Towers today with LIO112 and Michael. I know they have been done a million times on here, but they are now showing signs of being demolished, so I will post my pictures before they are gone.

Classic Shot of Towers
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Inlet Valve
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Inlet Valve Against Tower
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Walking along the inlet pipe
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One of the few remaining control panels, open to the elements
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Looking Up
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Inside Water Inlet Tunnel
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Apparently this is part of a fish farm
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The worrying pictures, two of the towers closest to Willington road have had their interior architecture removed, it is just rubble in the bottom, they also have demolition warning signs, there have been plans for building houses here for some time, I wonder if they are starting the demolition for it?

Danger, Demolition?

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Keep Out

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Inside the Part-Demolished Tower

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Soon to be gone?
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Thanks for looking
 
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Excellent pics, James. I never tire of seeing cooling towers and it's good to see the other bits of machinery too. Sad to think of them going soon. :(
Thanks for posting. :)
 
Yeah, I thought it looked rather small, does anyone know what it could be?

Well you'd say it was part of the water management system, possibly a reservoir for filtered water to feed the boilers, Something along those lines its not something I remember well and its been 2 years since I last went to Willington.
 
Ah, Thanks, on second thoughts, it looks like it was supposed to be filled with water. The deep water signs must be orginal then. There is some tiling further up from a large hall, possibly turbine.
 
Where can we get more info about the demolition works?

I am not sure if they are definitely being flattened, but two of the towers have hade their interior structure removed, and I believe that there is planning permission to build houses on the site. I am sure that some info will come out in the next few weeks.
The_Revolution, they are exactly 300 feet high, so they would be proper fun to climb!
 
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Cooling towers are always cool to walk around in, they echo like a bugger. :) Did you get up through the filtration papers and up into the water gullies that carry the water down?
 
No, I didn't get through the filtration thing, I wish I had. Is there usually a walkway up there? I will have to go again before they remove them from the other 3 towers. Shouting random words was fun in there!
 
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Dont think its being demo'd for a while as local residents protested against the building of houses and won. It was on the front pages of the burton mail and derby evening telegraph a couple of weeks ago.

Keep out where abouts are you cos I'm only in repton
 
New pictures

More Pictures from my second visit with Peter and LIO112. It was better day so no noisy pictures!
I was told by a local, that these towers were to be sent to China, but it would have been expensive. He helped us tie the door back onto our car so we could go home, after it spung open while LIO112 was reversing ;) We had to drive back to Ripley with me holding the door on.

I like this one
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The remainig Infrastructure on the Willington A towers
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Cooling Elements
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I ventured out into the water in the bottom of one of the towers, it isn't too deep, and is solid concrete underneath the water, not mud. I had waterproof shoes, and LIO112 and Peter did not, So here is a picture of them from in the water, really shows how big these towers are when you contrast this to how big the base supports look on the last picture
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The Very Live Transformers at the End of the Site
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Ah, The Polarising Filter, Where Would Humanity Be Without It?
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Dont think its being demo'd for a while as local residents protested against the building of houses and won. It was on the front pages of the burton mail and derby evening telegraph a couple of weeks ago.

Keep out where abouts are you cos I'm only in repton


I'm at Chellaston, just along the 50 from Repton.
 

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