Draakplaats was a centre of rail and tram operations in Antwerp. The two water towers shown in the picture were used for the steam trains, but when they were no longer required, they were preserved as examples of industrial monuments.
Tinsley, Sheffield, England
The Blackburn Meadows power station originally had eight cooling towers. Six were demolished and two remained. The German-based owners of the site - e-on - announced that the towers would be demolished and replaced with a chimney. There was a popular local campaign, along with petitions, to save the Tinsley Twins as a monument to the region's industrial past. The campaign failed and the towers will be demolished in the next few days.What a contrast - the Belgian water towers preserved as a monument to the industrial past of the region, whilst here in the UK we allow a foreign company to dictate what we can and can't have as monuments to our industrial past.
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