Concrete structure along the M50, north side between Finglas and Ballymun exits

m_stan

What is it there are building there ? Looks like a chimney of some sort.

Victor

There is a power station in Blanchardstown and there is a central boiler in Ballymun, if thats any help.

m_stan

No, this is something under construction at the moment and right beside the M50 on the north side. It's a concrete chimney-like thing. I pass it twice a day and it's bugging me not knowing what it is !

DoctorEdgeWild

Just saw that today for the frist time - Looks like the nuclear towers Homer often finds himself around.

Pretty interesting looking thing, would love to know what is is/will be.

m_stan

Attached is a nasty pic taken with my crappy camera phone of the structure in question.

Anyone any ideas what it is ?

europerson

Linky.

m_stan

bingo ! nice one !

Victor

Thats odd, the shape is much more like a water cooling tower (large surface area) than a water storage tower.

Chopperdog

Victor wrote:

Thats odd, the shape is much more like a water cooling tower (large surface area) than a water storage tower.

Large Volume Capacity = Large Tower = Large Surface Area

Táck

thanks, never even thought of putting up a thread asking what it was!!!

EireRoadUser

I thought it was an incinerator for all the drugs confiscated in the finglas area.

Keyzer

EireRoadUser wrote:

I thought it was an incinerator for all the drugs confiscated in the finglas area.

Very funny :mad:

Slunk

Water tower for the new little town up there, meakstown

Táck

thats where i live. nice area, only 3 car break ins and an attemted house robbery on my road since october.

last week somebody broke into my mates car, bent his door back, used his tools in the boot to rob his spare wheel and left. took nothing else but his spare wheel. ordinary decent criminals!!!

crosstownk

I checked the Fingal Co Co website but no planning applications on line like SDCC. Would love to know what it is. It looks like a nuclear processing plant cooling tower alright - but it's too small for that!!!!! WHATS IS IT!!!!?????

EireRoadUser

I thought someone already posted a thread about it .
It's increasing the water pressure and supply for the swords, baldoyle ,north dublin areas.
I don't know why baldoyle needs anymore water ,they're always getting flooded ,if anything they need a vacuum.

Victor

EireRoadUser wrote:

I don't know why baldoyle needs anymore water ,they're always getting flooded ,if anything they need a vacuum.

Um drinking water? for the 40,000 new residents?

EireRoadUser

Victor wrote:

Um drinking water? for the 40,000 new residents?

If you have ever drove through baldoyle in heavy rain you would know what i was getting at.
Baldoyle can be impassible in very wet weather ,ask anyone.

And to reply to your comment about drinking water ,I'd say 50% of the water will end up in storage in the houses water tanks.
I used to work with a guy for ten years who layed some of the pipe.

It will also help existing pipework,take some of the pressure off old pipe.

Sizzler

europerson wrote:

Linky.

Top man ! I wondered for ages WTF that was...makes my journey on the M50 now a lot less stressful:D

johnnyrotten

crosstownk wrote:

I checked the Fingal Co Co website but no planning applications on line like SDCC. Would love to know what it is. It looks like a nuclear processing plant cooling tower alright - but it's too small for that!!!!! WHATS IS IT!!!!?????

Eh! read a few posts.. Its a water tower .

MrSinn

Better get used to seeing things going up around the M50,I work for a testing company and we started testing the grounds underneath the road in preperation for spaghetti junctions at both the N7 roundabout and the N6(Lucan exit)

johnnyrotten

MrSinn wrote:

Better get used to seeing things going up around the M50,I work for a testing company and we started testing the grounds underneath the road in preperation for spaghetti junctions at both the N7 roundabout and the N6(Lucan exit)

Not before BL€€DING time!

Victor

MrSinn wrote:

N6(Lucan exit)

N4