Countdown to demolition: Ironbridge's landmark towers captured on camera for posterity
They have stood since the 1960s but soon the famous pink cooling towers of Ironbridge’s Power Station will be reduced to rubble and consigned to history.
With that in mind, one man, who captured images of the towers on scores of occasions over a career as a photographer for the Shropshire Star and the Express and Star, has taken on his own project to make sure the towers, and the people around them, are remembered.
Dave Bagnall, who was chief photographer at the Express & Star from 1978 to 2007, has set about capturing shots of the towers before they are demolished to make way for what will effectively be a new town.
The 69-year-old Ironbridge resident admits he became fascinated with the towers, having first taken pictures of the 112-metre structures as the finishing touches were put to the last one in 1967.
The power station was completed shortly after and continued generating electricity until November 20, 2015.
Dave said: “I became fascinated by them and that probably started in 1967 when the Shropshire Star sent me to photograph the last tower being finished.
“The colour, and the contrast between the countryside and the industry make them really special. I know that everyone will be sad to see them go and I want to get as many pictures of them as I can before that happens.”
