Red sky over Tanfield

The red sky tonight is not a shepherd's delight BUT ExxonMobil's problem's at their Mossmorran ethylene cracker on the north side of the Firth of Forth. The flare stacks have been burning bright for a couple of days now so I assume they have process issues.

Tanfield is a large monlithic office complex build on top of old gas manometers in the late 1980's for a Life Assurance company. In the 2000's the full office space was not required by the single tenant and to assist in making the site more attractive for smaller sub lets the offices were redeveloped with a day lit central atrium, one of the skylights is visible in the shot.

Originally the site was home to Tanfield House, a fairly small property to the north of the site. In the early 19th century two rival gas companies, The Oil Gas Company and The Edinburgh Gas Company, developed the land. The Oil Gas Company failed in 1839 and their vacated premises became Tanfield Hall, where the first Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland was held in 1843. The Edinburgh Gas Company ceased trading in the 1930's having expanded across the river to the Glenogle Road site. These buildings combined with later additions were used for storage and industry until the early 1980's. Key elements included a wool store, bonded warehousing, and a printing & bookbinding works