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?
13. Tinsley Towers
The Tinsley cooling towers, pictured in the background during the construction of the Tinsley Viaduct, pictured in March 1966. Built in 1938 to help meet growing demand for electricity in Sheffield, the towers stood for 70 years before they were demolished in 2008. | Picture Sheffield/Sheffield Newspapers
14. Tinsley Towers
The twin cooling towers at Blackburn Meadows Power Station, Sheffield, sometime during the 80s or 90s, before demolition | Picture Sheffield/Ron Clayton
15. Tinsley Towers
For many people, these cooling towers near Meadowhall were a familiar landmark, visible from the M1, signalling that you were back in Sheffield. It was a sad day for many when the 76m tall towers were demolished in the early hours of August 24, 2008 | Picture Sheffield
16. Tinsley towers
The famous Tinsley cooling towers, taken from the former Blackburn Meadows Power Station site with the M1 motorway Viaduct in the background. This picture was taken in 2003 and the towers were demolished in 2008 | Picture Sheffield