Re: The Sheffieldshire thread

[Butterfield]

Coming from the north on the M1 towards that no-longer-Debenhams, there is the most humongous factory in the background, all rust-coloured and soot-ridden. It looks like a leftover from the industrial revolution/Sheffield Steel days.

I've tried in the past but I cannot locate it on Google Maps. I've wondered if it's a sort of mirage, or prism of light in the shape of a humongous rust-coloured, soot-ridden factory.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Is it Forgemasters?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The factory that built Sadam Hussain's supergun.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Is it the Magna Centre?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Is it Blackburn Meadows power station?

[cosmictanya]

The factory that built Sadam Hussain's supergun.

Double entendre alert!

I thought he was fairly tasty as dictators go. I'd have definitely had Saddam in his prime.

[Butterfield]

Is it Forgemasters?

Is it the Magna Centre?

Is it Blackburn Meadows power station?

[Fangirl Three]

Is it the Magna Centre?

Did she die in vain?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Forgemasters: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sheffield+Forgemasters/@53.4072162,-1.4353278,198a,35y,88.02h,70.91t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48797912d59421c5:0x51bd5b68fd432e6a!8m2!3d53.4061259!4d-1.4271518

The Magna Centre: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Magna+Science+Adventure+Centre/@53.4214174,-1.3919012,95a,35y,123.34h,72.75t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487977a5971b2d6f:0xff41c8c845ce17aa!8m2!3d53.4196465!4d-1.3861457

Blackburn Meadows power station:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blackburn+Meadows+Power+Station/@53.4211679,-1.4063579,90a,35y,104.89h,74.38t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487977990551b421:0x6ae87e93efb17548!8m2!3d53.4201115!4d-1.400951

[Fangirl Three]

Blackburn Meadows is the big orange and black structure which I watched being built on previous drive-bys.

[Butterfield]

It's definitely over to the right/west/city side when heading south on the M1 - not the Rotherham side.

[Butterfield]

I THINK it's the building in the middle that looks like the roof has caved in - it looks much more "impressive" and sinister in real life.

[Butterfield]

Bonus image of Fangirl's aforementioned big orange and black structure.

[Butterfield]

It's no Tinsley cooling towers.

[Nightjar]

I THINK it's the building in the middle that looks like the roof has caved in - it looks much more "impressive" and sinister in real life.

Unsurprisingly, it's a steelworks (Finnish steel giants Outokumpu Oyj).

It does look quite menacing in truth...

[Butterfield]

That appears to be it!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I was about to say it might be Outokumpu but I was beaten to it.

[Nightjar]

They are, how you say, keeping dirty steel plant...

[cosmictanya]

My god. Some landscaping wouldn't have gone amiss. I see a hint of a lake that they could've made more of.

[Nightjar]

The Blackburn Meadows power station is stylish by comparison...

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