go take a last look

at the fiddlers ferry Cooling towers because, Starting at the end of January 2024 they are being demolished,
come take a bike ride with me to them

down they will go

You could get a good view from Billinge Road

You would indeed Peter, I had a ringside seat when the Westwood towers came down and i heard, the worsley mesnes high rise flats wobbled with the blast shock wave,,
I wonder what they will build on the site ?

The total site must cover a few acres, It will be a few years before it is fit to use for anything.

My father in law did some of the scaffolding on fiddlers ferry towers.

TomPlum, the demolition of the cooling towers has now been set as 3rd Dec - it’ll be a momentous day!

www.warringtonguardian.co.uk

Thanks for that Jo anne , I wonder how close I'll be able to get, I bet the fiddlers ferry pub will do a special Sunday Lunch, Bangers n Smash or Minced Towers with Peys,,

That date doesn't sound right, it is too soon.

Tom, I don't think you'd see the power station from the Fiddler's Ferry pub?

You can clearly see the towers from there Tonks and I'm assuming they will cut off the path passed them there because the towers are roughly a mile away from the pub from the Warrington side and from the Widnes side, they will close a good amount of industrial sites and roads unless they make another Fred Dibnar to take them down brick by brick

When it's gone it's gone

Westwood

More than a few acres large coal stocking ground behind the station beyond that large ponds and fly ash tip borders on the river mersey .

Update on demolition of Fiddler's Ferry from Penketh councillor: www.warringtonguardian.co.uk (9/11/23)

LINK

Hopefully there’ll be a live stream tomorrow:

clients.skyrevolutions.co.uk/fiddlers-ferry-power-station/

I was going to do the journey off road down the Sankey valley and the trans Pennine way but, not in this weather, Brrrrrr

It is sad to see all those old cooling towers to be blasted out of existence.

Such an unusual shape, built out of concrete, in the hyperbolic paraboloid shape. A feat of engineering. I once looked them up to see how they were constructed, and that's how I found out the shape, but too much engineering jargon for me to really understand.

I totally agree Mollie, All the construction and materials going to waste, With a bit of thought and imaginative thinking out of the box, they could home thousands of immigrants inside,,,

It is sad to see them go.

The live feed doesn’t seem to be working, Warrington Guardian has live updates: here

They’re gone! I’m sure I heard the blast in Ince?

Jo Anne

I heard it too, and after playing back the demolition on Facebook, that sound I heard is definitely the sound of the explosion, because between Wigan and Fiddlers Ferry the terrain is flat, so there is nothing to block the sound, but I don't think they could have had worse weather for watching them come down

If Tom went, I think he might have had a wasted journey

The other four towers have yet to be demolished though, I don't know on what date those are coming down.

Jo Anne

I heard it too, and after playing back the demolition on Facebook, that sound I heard is definitely the sound of the explosion, because between Wigan and Fiddlers Ferry the terrain is flat, so there is nothing to block the sound, but I don't think they could have had worse weather for watching them come down

If Tom went, I think he might have had a wasted journey

The other four towers have yet to be demolished though, I don't know on what date those are coming down.

No Tommy, I stayed at home clearing snow off my drive,

I revisited Fiddlers ferry to see what stands and what fell

the nearest to the sea lived and the ones North of the plant fell