NEW HANOVER — The developer behind a proposed residential development withdrew a rezoning request Monday amid concerns the project would put excessive strain on…
Few would suggest that wood would be used to build them. Yet Bradford Power Station, also known as Valley Road Power Station, had 12 cooling towers made from wood. With distinctive shapes, these Davenport Towers were so called as they were constructed by Davenport Engineering who were located in Harris Street, Bradford. The lofty towers were more than 140-foot (43 m) high - some of the highest noted in England at the time they were built in 1897. They had a capacity of 5.335 million gallons per hour. By the time of its closure in 1976, the power station also had one conventional concrete cooling tower at the northern end of the site, besides retaining many of the original wooden towers. The concrete tower had a capacity of 1.25 million gallons per hour.