It has been more 18 years since the Sheffield skyline changed forever when the Tinsley Towers were demolished .
The 250ft high Tinsley cooling towers were demolished at 3am on August 24, 2008, to loud cheers and fond farewells.
Almost 10,000 people gathered to watch the iconic ‘salt and pepper pots’ sink into a cloud of dust, erased from the city’s skyline forever.
Originally built in 1938 to help meet demand for electricity in the city, the towers
The towers were once an integral part of people's lives, an ever-present sight for residents living in the Tinsley area and a checkpoint to motorists on the M1.
They were also part of an extensive industrial landscape that has now drastically changed.
Blackburn Meadows power station closed in the 1970s and the towers were the only remnants left behind. A reminder of a time when energy creation was much different to that of today.
In 2006, the site owners E.ON said that the towers had to go because they were unsafe and needed to be demolished to make way for a £60 million biomass heating site.
We have taken a look in our archive and pulled out some photos of the towers over the years up until the demolition on August 24, 2008.
Do you remember the Tinsley Cooling Towers?
1. Tinsley Towers
Looking out over Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works and the Tinsley Towers, Sheffield, in June 1964 | Sheffield Newspapers
2. Lost church
Tinsley Methodist Church, on Sheffield Road, pictured during demolition in November 1964, with Blackburn Meadows Power Station visible through the haze in the background | Sheffield Newspapers
3. Local landmark
View of Brightside, Sheffield, and the Tinsley cooling towers in January 1965 | Picture Sheffield
4. Tinsley Viaduct
Tinsley Viaduct under construction at Meadowhall, near Sheffield, in 1967, with the twin cooling towers visible to the right. The viaduct was one of the major structures built on the M1, with its twin-deck, box-section structure being the first of its kind in the UK. | Heritage Images/Getty Images