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This reminds me of the bottom of a cooling tower, don't know if
the cooling towers in the US are the same as the ones here.
Cheers
Steve
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> I know what it is, I'm not sure why it is, but... Here It Is! :)
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Steve wrote:
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> This reminds me of the bottom of a cooling tower, don't know if
> the cooling towers in the US are the same as the ones here.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
Most of the cooling towers here look nothing at all like this.
The are usualy rectangular, tall, have screened circular openings
for the fan blade intakes, and then are painted silver. It would be
cool if they did resemble this but they are lacking in line or form
and have nothing that would inspire an artistic notion.
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To me it's a mutated version of RSOCF (Relective Sphere Over Checkered
Floor)
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GrimDude wrote in message <3720220a.0@news.povray.org>...
>I know what it is, [snip]
Well, I don't, but it has a checker and reflective spheres, so I am happy
:c)
Johannes.
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Our cooling towers, (the ones I'm thinking off) were all built in
the sixties, early seventies. They are very tall, round, and at
the bottom for about 20 feet up or so have a metal structure
resembeling scafold poles, from there upwards they are curved
concrete. and have a very wide apperture. These are mainly used
for cooling water at power stations or heavy industrial sites. I
saw two being demolished once, and managed to get lots of
photographs of them as they fell.
When you get close enough to look inside these towers, the view
you get is similar to that of Grim's image, the main difference
being the dripping water and a constantly wet floor in the
cooling towers.
Over the next day or so I'll try to find a web site where they
have images of British cooling towers and let you know about it
in this thread.
Steve
Ken wrote:
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> Steve wrote:
> >
> > This reminds me of the bottom of a cooling tower, don't know if
> > the cooling towers in the US are the same as the ones here.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve
>
> Most of the cooling towers here look nothing at all like this.
> The are usualy rectangular, tall, have screened circular openings
> for the fan blade intakes, and then are painted silver. It would be
> cool if they did resemble this but they are lacking in line or form
> and have nothing that would inspire an artistic notion.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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Same things here. Ken may not have realized what you meant exactly or
they actually have rectangular ones in southern California. I've seen
ones in Washington state and Alabama here where I live, U.S. of course.
Maybe Ken is in Russia? Don't think I've seen any pictures of the
tapered tube kind there. j/k
Anyway, I know what you mean by the angular bracing beneath them.
Steve wrote:
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> Our cooling towers, (the ones I'm thinking off) were all built in
> the sixties, early seventies. They are very tall, round, and at
> the bottom for about 20 feet up or so have a metal structure
> resembeling scafold poles, from there upwards they are curved
> concrete. and have a very wide apperture. These are mainly used
> for cooling water at power stations or heavy industrial sites. I
> saw two being demolished once, and managed to get lots of
> photographs of them as they fell.
>
> When you get close enough to look inside these towers, the view
> you get is similar to that of Grim's image, the main difference
> being the dripping water and a constantly wet floor in the
> cooling towers.
>
> Over the next day or so I'll try to find a web site where they
> have images of British cooling towers and let you know about it
> in this thread.
>
> Steve
>
> Ken wrote:
> >
> > Steve wrote:
> > >
> > > This reminds me of the bottom of a cooling tower, don't know if
> > > the cooling towers in the US are the same as the ones here.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Steve
> >
> > Most of the cooling towers here look nothing at all like this.
> > The are usualy rectangular, tall, have screened circular openings
> > for the fan blade intakes, and then are painted silver. It would be
> > cool if they did resemble this but they are lacking in line or form
> > and have nothing that would inspire an artistic notion.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler
> >
> > mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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Bob Hughes wrote:
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> Same things here. Ken may not have realized what you meant exactly or
> they actually have rectangular ones in southern California. I've seen
> ones in Washington state and Alabama here where I live, U.S. of course.
> Maybe Ken is in Russia? Don't think I've seen any pictures of the
> tapered tube kind there. j/k
> Anyway, I know what you mean by the angular bracing beneath them.
Ken is an engineer with almost 22 years of industrial experience.
Ken knows what a cooling tower is and what it should look like. The
small image below is typical of the types I have worked with and is
considered modern and effecient in design. Perhaps because California
is a lot newer than the states in the east and is obviouly younger
than the U.K. it is typical to see newer equipment that does not suffer
from antiquated designs like those that are still likely to be used
in areas sufferening from a lack of economic expansion. Perhaps not.
--
Ken Tyler
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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Now that is ugly, I'd rather have our concrete ones any day,
they've got so much character, and on a good day you can smell
the steam.
I checked a few web sites, but couldn't find any cooling towers
that I liked, one site had coolers like Ken's image on it and I
thought they were fore cooling drinking water in offices.
Cheers
Steve
Ken wrote:
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> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Same things here. Ken may not have realized what you meant exactly or
> > they actually have rectangular ones in southern California. I've seen
> > ones in Washington state and Alabama here where I live, U.S. of course.
> > Maybe Ken is in Russia? Don't think I've seen any pictures of the
> > tapered tube kind there. j/k
> > Anyway, I know what you mean by the angular bracing beneath them.
>
> Ken is an engineer with almost 22 years of industrial experience.
> Ken knows what a cooling tower is and what it should look like. The
> small image below is typical of the types I have worked with and is
> considered modern and effecient in design. Perhaps because California
> is a lot newer than the states in the east and is obviouly younger
> than the U.K. it is typical to see newer equipment that does not suffer
> from antiquated designs like those that are still likely to be used
> in areas sufferening from a lack of economic expansion. Perhaps not.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> [Image]
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Here you go. After much searching, I found these pics of the concrete cooling towers
at
the mighty DRAX power station, not too far from where I live. Water is drawn from the
river Ouse, which is only a short walk from here. These are what Steve was refering
to,
and what I also regard as being 'proper' cooling towers.
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Steve <sjl### [at] ndirectcouk> wrote in message news:3720FD15.F16617D6@ndirect.co.uk...
> Now that is ugly, I'd rather have our concrete ones any day,
> they've got so much character, and on a good day you can smell
> the steam.
>
> I checked a few web sites, but couldn't find any cooling towers
> that I liked, one site had coolers like Ken's image on it and I
> thought they were fore cooling drinking water in offices.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> Ken wrote:
> >
> > Bob Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > Same things here. Ken may not have realized what you meant exactly or
> > > they actually have rectangular ones in southern California. I've seen
> > > ones in Washington state and Alabama here where I live, U.S. of course.
> > > Maybe Ken is in Russia? Don't think I've seen any pictures of the
> > > tapered tube kind there. j/k
> > > Anyway, I know what you mean by the angular bracing beneath them.
> >
> > Ken is an engineer with almost 22 years of industrial experience.
> > Ken knows what a cooling tower is and what it should look like. The
> > small image below is typical of the types I have worked with and is
> > considered modern and effecient in design. Perhaps because California
> > is a lot newer than the states in the east and is obviouly younger
> > than the U.K. it is typical to see newer equipment that does not suffer
> > from antiquated designs like those that are still likely to be used
> > in areas sufferening from a lack of economic expansion. Perhaps not.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Tyler
> >
> > mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > [Image]
>
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Andrew Cocker wrote:
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> Here you go. After much searching, I found these pics of the concrete cooling towers
at
> the mighty DRAX power station, not too far from where I live. Water is drawn from
the
> river Ouse, which is only a short walk from here. These are what Steve was refering
to,
> and what I also regard as being 'proper' cooling towers.
>
> all the best,
>
> --
> ----------------------
> Andy
Image accepted. I am familiar with these but they few and very
far between here on the west coast of America. I am still having
a hard time equating the appearence of these with the originaly
posted image but am willing to let it drop if all of you are.
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Ken Tyler
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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