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Tom Keeley and Tom James nominated two disused cooling towers at Blackburn Meadows, Tinsley, Sheffield. These iconic 76-metre high cooling towers, just 17 metres from the M1, were the first things that most people saw on entering Sheffield. Described as 'the Stonehenge of the carbon age' by Antony Gormley, the tower's future – and the future of this site's Big Art Project – was always hanging in the balance as owners, E.ON Energy, had them ear-marked for demolition.
On August bank holiday 2008 the Towers were demolished by E.ON.
Tom James and Tom Keeley have both now left Sheffield.
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/latest_news....
Tom Keeley and Tom James nominated two disused cooling towers at Blackburn Meadows, Tinsley, Sheffield. These iconic 76-metre high cooling towers, just 17 metres from the M1, were the first things that most people saw on entering Sheffield. Described as 'the Stonehenge of the carbon age' by Antony Gormley, the tower's future – and the future of this site's Big Art Project – was always hanging in the balance as owners, E.ON Energy, had them ear-marked for demolition.
On August bank holiday 2008 the Towers were demolished by E.ON.
Tom James and Tom Keeley have both now left Sheffield.
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/latest_news....
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