FERRYBRIDGE COOLING TOWERS DEMOLITION

Watch these iconic towers fall with planned demolition explosions.
The video is a fitting tribute to the towers and although they are gone, this video will be there for future generations to watch. We hope you enjoy watching it.
Work began at the site in 1962 and was completed by 1968. On 1 November 1965, three of the cooling towers collapsed due to vibrations in 85 mph winds. Although the structures had been built to withstand higher wind speeds, the design only considered average wind speeds over one minute and neglected shorter gusts. Furthermore, the grouped shape of the cooling towers meant that westerly winds were funneled into the towers themselves, creating a vortex. Three out of the original eight cooling towers were destroyed and the remaining five were severely damaged. The towers were rebuilt and all eight cooling towers were strengthened to tolerate adverse weather conditions.
Commission of Ferrybridge C began in 1966: one unit was brought on line, feeding electricity into the National Grid, on 27 February 1966. Following the cooling tower accident, it was expected that the station would not be opened for some time after the scheduled date. However, it was possible to connect one of the remaining towers to the now complete Unit 1. The reconstruction of the destroyed towers began in April 1966. (extract from Wikipedia)
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[@tmfarnham]

Nice video. I designed the strengthening of the towers after the collapse in 1965. I also went to the site to supervise the "Rehabilitation" works. I was at the blowdown of tower 6 in July and at the blowdown on 13th October. There are many versions of the reason for the collapse of 3 towers in November 1965. The real reason is that there wasn't sufficient reinforcement in the shells. The funnelling effect between the windward towers onto the leeward ones resulted in the leeward ones being subjected to a higher wind speed. My calculations showed that the reinforcement in a critical area of the shell would fail (reach yield stress) at a steady wind speed of 68mph. On the day of the collapse, the station anemometer was recording gusts of 72mph. My videos are on my KZbin channel tmfarnham.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

wow thats awesome i will come over to have a look thanks for your input and awesome comments thank you

[@draehta]

I was the chain lad (the "apprentice" who holds the staff and the dumb end of the tape measure) on one of the 4 towers in the rear row of the 8 in summer 1964. I like to think it was the roundest one and the one that did not blow to pieces. "My" tower was within the 2" tolerance that was acceptable. One of the towers (no names no pack-drill) was visibly not round when viewed from the ground - the guilty are probably all dead by now! It was a 6 day a week job, I was armed with a big spanner and a template cut from a sheet of plywood called "a sweep". My "ememies" were the "Paddy" scaffolders, who were the best-paid on the job and came to work in a Bentley. There would be some sort of fuss about the way they had rigged the moulds and/or the positioning of the reinforcing bars inside them. Adjustments would be made and then I would have to start all over again. We were on a basic rate plus a bonus for achieving a circle of concrete pour into the 4' high mould every day plus danger money for every 10' over 50' up from the ground. The tower thinned down to only 5" so provided one could cope with the stress that was pretty good money for those pushing a barrow full of concrete around the tower from the hoist. ----- or making good the putlog holes in the concrete/painting the inside with tar/consolidating the pour with a vibrating poker/rigging the reinforcing with a roll of iron wire and the deft twist of a pair of cutters. As every day the 8 - 16' assembly of scaffold poles climbed up another 4' to squat on top of yesterday's tower. One day some negligent JCB driver dug up our water supply, so it was noon before any concrete could be made BUT we still got the ring filled before nightfall. Health and Safety? In a good month, nobody died on site. The nearest I came to such a serious accident involved my boss the engineer. He stood on top of the mould and jumped down the 4' to the lower of the two boardwalks. There was a crack like a pistol shot. He ended up kneeling on one leg across the missing board. To this day, I can still see the two halves of the broken board gracefully pirouetting down 100++ feet into the pond of water in the base of the tower. The qualifications for the job probably involved being able to bend a 6" nail with your bare hands - something I could not do. I can remember that a pint of good bitter was 1/10d and a pint of mild as little as 1/5d [£0.09 & £0.07 approx] though sadly I cannot remember the names, with the exception of the 15 year old tea boy, who saved me from being bottom of the pecking order.

[@sunnydays4966]

There let this person work with power plants yeat he doesn't understand we want to blow them up the how point of this viedo miss.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Thanks for watching and commenting cool info 😎

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@DisAfricanlovesStyle]

You have beautiful footage of this, memories gone down, i am happy they left some. Nice vlog

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Voclamb thanks for watching your comments mean a lot 👍👊

[@RichDavey]

Brilliant footage as ever. Really captured the mood with the music. Well done 👍

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Rich Davey thanks so much for watching and commenting stay safe out there 😷🦠😷

[@robertlyness5013]

Excellent footage urban lad...keep them coming and thankyou.👍

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

robert lyness thanks buddy 👍👊

[@TerrysOdyssey]

Excellent footage there and the music fits as a way of saying goodbye you've seen all you're life. Always a pleasure 👍

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Explore With The Terry Allan Channel thanks for ya awesome comments and watching 👍👊

[@NBMedia8928]

Excellent video

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Nosey B'stard many thanks for watching and commenting I watch a lot of your videos hope you are well 👍👊

[@ExploringwithDaveElsender]

Wow amazing video buddy. Amazing to watch.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Exploring with Dave Elsender many thanks for watching and commenting buddy 👍👊

[@ExploringwithDaveElsender]

Your welcome buddy. Love your videos.

[@claireblackham9332]

It actually brought a tear to my eyes, a massive land mark, well done guys xx

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

claire Blackham was sad to see them go thanks for watching 👍👊

[@jerrygodwin9084]

Great footage; It's amassing how fast the landscape can change

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Jerry Godwin thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@e36joe]

Great video. thank you.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Joe M thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@a11csc]

sadly missed on the horizon now been inside 1 at drax at an open day awesome view up to the sky

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Yes I’ve been in one on one of my videos they are huge amazing inside thanks for watching and commenting buddy stay safe out 👍😷🦠

[@scottptolomey3498]

Used to work on the outages at Ferrybridge so brings back memories driving here to the towers very sad really

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

It was sad getting used to it now lol thanks for watching and commenting buddy 👍👊

[@MilitaryExplorersUK]

Cool was going to go watch it but didn't want to get my hair wet lol. Awesome video buddy well done 👍

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

was cool buddy thanks for watching and commenting buddy

[@wolfrunner6462]

I went to see it o. The a1

[@gemreynolds9992]

Great video x

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

thank you gem it means a lot

[@jaggass]

Watched it from nearby Brotherton. I felt the ground vibrate when the 4 cooling towers came down. I wonder what will get blown up next.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

yes it is a wonder i thin k they are leaving the last 3 thanks for watching

[@LifeofREADO]

wow thats epic and a shame at the same time R.I.P peace of history

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Thanks for watching buddy and commenting was cool

[@Watcher-op9pi]

Kaboom!! Neat footage 🖒🖒🖒

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Made with Love lol thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@scottptolomey3498]

Which music tracks are being used for this video

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Hi there thanks for watching The music is Angel falls by Tomas Skyldeberg on epidemic sounds

[@ODSTBanjo]

Cool upload

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

ODST Banjo many thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@eddiek0507]

Good to watch, why was only three cooling towers demolished ?

[@James-b7p2k]

3 of them are remaining just in case they reopen it as a gas powered power station

[@eddiek0507]

@@James-b7p2k many thanks

[@eddiek0507]

@Urbex Michelle ok, thanks..

[@wolfrunner6462]

Hello

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

@@wolfrunner6462 hello

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

s/o to the structural engineers who didn't factor in bad weather in Yorkshire

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@johnwolton86]

The old a1 back in the days poor old place how times change

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

John Wolton yes it was buddy a shame thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@kaytnfaye]

Me and rich lord was stood almost in front of you :0

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

was cool i hope you have subscribed stay safe out there

[@bethanyleigh1670]

Wow when I was a kid i used to say to my mum is these fell or was blown up how would they fall and it’s sad to see these years Later these going 😢

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Bethany Leigh it was sad thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@RixPixParaNation]

I vidrod too matey my vid on here, great experience wasnt it ! 😊

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

ill have a look thanks for watching

[@10pinbowling]

Not sure it was worth risking your drone to film this, with all the rain it could be knackered

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Once in a lifetime buddy was well worth it just to be there lol

[@AbandonedCityCamoCrewExplorers]

Did want to get down to these .but at mo body not letting me get any where nice captire of them blowing think most building we knew as kids are all starting to go now hey

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

thanks for watching buddy hope you are well

[@richardwatkins8170]

Did u manage to film when they demoiited tinsly viadut ones pal

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

No buddy I wish I was living in Spain at the time was gutted love that sort of thing thanks for watching and commenting buddy 👍👊

[@Matthew-21_22]

Hmmm, shades of 911 but I saw no planes...

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Always remember this: The British are very very fascinated with poo poo, farts, fart smell and most important, the noise a fart makes. It's a time honoured tradition, celebrated in England.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Lol 😂 thanks for watching and commenting buddy 👍👊

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

@@Urbanlad-Yorkshire maybe you could explain the poo poo fetish England has. The world would like to know.

[@declan210606]

Rubble still there from the demolition. Work to clear it stopped due To covid. Go past the rubble every day as take waste into the new power plant

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Wow thought it would have gone now thanks for watching and commenting buddy stay safe out there 👍😷🦠

[@declan210606]

Urban lad “ Yorkshire “ work Completely stopped on the site. Some towers still remain there now. Next time I’m there I’ll try to get pics from kirkhaw Lane end as drive past where the towers fell

[@kieroncraig3594]

was a much better view if you stood a few 100 metres back in the fields.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Kiwi_91 I was on the road thanks for watching and commenting 👍👊

[@sunnydays4966]

You know there has to be radiation.

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Why ??? It was a coal fired power station

[@sunnydays4966]

@@Urbanlad-Yorkshire Coal contains trace amounts of naturally-occurring radioactive elements. The process of burning coal at coal-fired power plants, called combustion, creates wastes that contain small amounts of naturally-occurring radioactive material

[@Urbanlad-Yorkshire]

Wow never new that thanks for your info

[@draehta]

@@Urbanlad-Yorkshire Not all "radiation" is the same. As write this cosmic rays are probably shooting through my body in the form of sub atomic particles. Obviously a nanoparticle of plutonium is potentially far more dangerous. It is thought that tiny particles of blue and brown asbestos have the power to snip our DNA but there again young healthy DNA has the ability to repair itself. At he age of 75 my DNA is probably in a state of fraying at its ends. So far I have managed to dodge the virus - perhaps my ffp3 mask has helped.