Images Dated 25th November 2008

Tinsley cooling towers, Sheffield

Tinsley cooling towers being demolished. These towers were built in 1938 as part of the Blackburn Meadows power station and stood over 75 metres tall. The power station was closed down in 1970, but the towers were left standing as they were very close to a busy road bridge. The towers were finally demolished on 24th August 2008. Photographed in Sheffield, UK

© MARK SYKES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Sezincote, Gloucestershire, home of Baronet Rushout, c1880

Sezincote, Gloucestershire, home of Baronet Rushout, c1880. Sezincote was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell in Mughal style and completed in 1805. It influenced the design of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume III, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon

© The Print Collector / Heritage-Images

2008 Australian V8 Supercars - Symmons Plains

Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Racing extends his lead in the championship going into the final round in 2 weeks after winning race 3 and the round of the Falken Tasmania Challange, Round 13 of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Symmons Plains, Launceston, Tasmania, November 23, 2008.
World Copyright: Mark Horsburgh / LAT Photographic
ref: Digital Image 88-Whincup-RD13-4889

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