Want to know how they're going to bring down the Ironbridge Power Station cooling towers?

Shaun Hockley, the operations director for The Harworth Group, said engineers had rigged the explosives so the fourth tower will fall on to the third tower and the third tower will fall into the second tower.

But the first and second towers won't fall into each other, because of concerns that could damage an underground cable, between them.

In preparation for the demolition, 1,750 holes have been drilled into the cooling towers, for the explosives to be placed.

We've got reporters all around the cooling towers, to bring reaction to the big event, powered by strong coffee and wrapped in warm coats.

Here you can see BBC Radio Shropshire's Clare Ashford at Buildwas and Paul Shuttleworth at the top of the Wrekin.

And from his vantage point Paul said he could see some rain coming over, but it looks like it should pass soon.

He can also see nose-to-tail traffic approaching the Wrekin and said there are at well over 100 people at the top of the hill now, with more climbing to the summit.

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More reaction flowing on on the BBC Midlands Facebook page today:

Michelle Smith sent us this, external: "Sad. I know people say they are ugly things but I don’t, they, for me, are a lovely part and reminder of my childhood."

Rachel Reddihough said, external: "They would have made amazing spaces for other things."

While another view came from Julie West:, external "No!!! Stop acting like someone died. Power stations are not built to last forever and this constant moaning and eulogising is doing my head in!"

Most of the people we've spoken to on the hills around the cooling towers are people who have grown up in the area.

And they're people who have an emotional attachment with them.

Libby has taken a day off work to watch the demolition and said "I think it's really sad, I think there could have been ways they could have saved it maybe, or at least one of them. But I guess they can't and money's the big factor in it all, isn't it."

But she added: "I don't do tears".

For obvious reasons, people aren't being allowed near the towers when they are demolished and a 350m exclusion zone has been set up around them.

It means Buildwas Road is closed until after the explosions and a small number of properties near the cooling towers have been evacuated.

Image source, Harworth Group

The explosions will create dust and Harworth Group said most of it will fall around the towers, but some may drift further and people in the area are being advised to keep doors and windows closed.

The company also suggested that children and animals should stay indoors because of the noise.

Photographer David Street took these amazing drone images of the cooling towers back in October.

David, from Hull, told us he missed the chance to photograph the Ferry Bridge cooling towers in Yorkshire, before they were demolished and "knowing these were I wanted to make sure I had the view before it disappeared forever".

Image source, David Street Photography

Image source, David Street Photography

Mr Street said: "everything just came together in terms of the weather and made for the perfect shots."

Image source, David Street Photography

Andy and Dawn from Admaston are among the growing crowds at Buildwas and Dawn said it was a moment they wanted to see for themselves, rather than watching it on TV.

Andy told us he is a keen photographer who wished he'd started taking pictures of the cooling towers sooner.

"The pictures that you could get from a cold frosty morning, with all the steam coming up, the sun reflecting off the towers, was quite special."

We want to hear what the cooling towers mean to you - we had this fantastic memory from Lydia Taylor!

The company that owns the former power station in the Ironbridge Gorge says it understands the love local people have for the cooling towers.

Iain Thomson, from Harworth Group, said: "I mean these are massive local landmarks that have been up here for decades and people have got an emotional attachment to them."

But Mr Thomson said the company has overseen a number of big demolition projects to clear former industrial sites and has "got to keep a certain emotional detachment".

He went on to add: "Frankly we think it's in the best interests of everyone to bring them down properly, so we can then get these sites regenerated as quickly as possible."

You will need an umbrella if you're going out to watch the Ironbridge cooling towers come down, because light rain is forecast.

We're also expecting a moderate breeze, but it won't feel too cold for December, with the temperature expected to be around 12C (54F).

Telford and Wrekin Council said if the weather had been really bad, the demolition could have been postponed, but this looks unlikely now.

As you can see, people are already gathering at Buildwas, to watch the cooling towers come down.

The first person to arrive was 56-year-old Ivor from Shrewsbury, at 05:30. He said it was a "historic day" and that he used to live in the Ironbridge Gorge in the 1970s.

He said he wasn't quite sure how he would feel when the towers came down.

Here he is, siting on top of his van - that should be a decent view.

This is the view of the cooling towers for BBC Radio Shropshire's Ryan Kennedy

He's up at Strethill in Coalbrookdale and said: "It was strange making that journey through Buildwas towards Ironbridge, you can see the cooling towers from miles and miles away and thinking 'this is the last time I'm going to make that journey and those cooling towers are going to be there, it's quite a humbling and sobering thought."

And this is the view from the top of the Wrekin, where people have gone to get a view of the cooling towers.

Telford and Wrekin Council has warned the roads and car park at the foot of the hill are likely to be busy today and marshals will be there to help control traffic.

This is a serenade for the four cooling towers at Ironbridge Power Station.

Zoe Beyers, from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, brought a touch of the classical to the industrial; the haunting sound capturing a sense of change in the air.

She was invited to play inside the base of one of the towers after former staff spoke about the amazing acoustics in them.

The man given the honour of pressing the button to end electricity production at Ironbridge Power Station was a former engineer called Mike Smith.

He worked at the power station from the day it opened until 1992 and said 13 November 2015 had been a day of mixed emotions.

"I'm proud to have contributed to the success of a power station which has been at the cornerstone of energy generation and has supported the careers of many members of staff for so many years," he said.

Photographer Paul Murray took these amazing views a few days ago and said he would be heading to capture the moment they come down this morning.

Image source, Paul Murray

Image source, Paul Murray

If you're heading to see the towers being demolished, we'd love you to share your photos and memories with us. You can email us or share on Facebook., external

If you're planning to go and watch the demolition of the Ironbridge cooling towers, we've had some advice from Telford and Wrekin Council you might find useful.

First of all, Buildwas Road will be closed to vehicles from 06:00 from Much Wenlock Road to Station Road allowing access to Dale End car park until 09:30 and the closure will extend to Dale End mini-roundabout until about an hour after the demolition.

The council also said:

• During these hours there will be no on-street parking, but all the main car parks would be open, except for the Dale End car park
• A free park and ride bus will be running from the top of Jiggers Bank into the Museum of the Gorge car park in Ironbridge between 09:30 and 13:00
• Some minor hillside roads and some footpaths will be closed along with the area opposite the power station site, until after the all clear is given. This includes Benthall Wood and the council said there will be marshals out, to direct people away from closed footpaths.
• And because a lot of people are likely to want to climb the Wrekin to see the demolition, there will be a team to manage parking and the road may have to be closed if there are too many cars.

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The skyline of Shropshire is set to change today when four power station cooling towers are demolished.

The landmark quartet at the former Ironbridge Power Station are scheduled to come down at 11:00.

However, site owner Harworth Group Plc has said adverse weather conditions or other circumstances might cause a delay or postponement.

The four towers have been part of the landscape since 1969 and their expected passing has already been marked with a special musical performance in one of the structures.

You'll be able to watch the demolition live on the BBC website this morning.

Email us your photos and memories of the cooling towers.