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Cooling tower at the disused Thorpe Marsh power station. Now demolished.

The 1000mw power station at Thorpe Marsh opened in the 1960s and was closed in 1994. The six cooling towers remained for many years but have now been felled.

A recent trip to South Yorkshire included a visit to the cooling towers at Thorpe Marsh. The 1000mw power station here opened in the 1960s and was closed in 1994. The cooling towers remain as they are deemed too difficult to demolish.

Thorpe Marsh opened in the 1960s and was closed in 1994, . The 1000mw power station has since been demolished apart from the six cooling towers which are deemed too difficult to demolish at present.

The interior racks and baffles have been removed from the base of some of the cooling towers at Thorpe Marsh. This allows an unusual view of the sky and a chance to listen to the fabulous echoes within.

Six cooling towers mark the location of the former Thorpe Marsh power station. The 1000mw station opened in the 1960s and was closed in 1994 at a time when coal-fired generation became unpopular and uneconomic. Will we see power cuts in the coming winter?