History
Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967. The station comprises four 500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired pulverised fuel units, giving the station a total electrical output of 1,960 MW. There were four boilers rated at 403 kg/s, steam conditions were 158.58 bar at 566/566°C reheat. Units 3 and 4 had Flue Gas Desulphurisation equipment installed, which reduced the units' emissions of Sulphur Dioxide by around 90%. There were 3 × 17.5 MW auxiliary gas turbines on the site, these were first commissioned in May 1967.
Eggborough power station was supplied with fuel via a 1½ mile branch line off the Wakefield and Goole Line. Rail facilities include a west-facing junction on the Goole line, two coal discharge lines (No. 1 and No. 2), gross- and tare-weight weighbridges, a hopper house, a limestone unloading line and an oil discharge line. The eight cooling towers are arranged in two rows of four located to the west of the power station building. There is a single 200 m (660 ft) tall chimney located to the north of the main building. The electrical switching station was located to the south of the main building.
In 2005 a retrofit turbine upgrade was carried out to increase the station's efficiency and flexibility by improving part-load and two-shift operation. The station employed around 300 people, as well as contractors.
Alongside Ferrybridge Power Stations, Eggborough used to pump ash from the incineration process to a piece of land south of the railway line, The M62 and the Aire and Calder Navigation called Gale Common Ash Disposal. The area covered 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) and was landscaped by Brenda Colvin into a hill with contours (she was said to have been inspired by Maiden Castle Hill Fort in Dorset). The hill reaches a height of 160 feet (50 m) and stands out amongst the rather flat landscape of this part of North Yorkshire. In late 2018 the decommissioned station was used as a filming location for the Fast and the Furious film, Hobbs & Shaw.
The explore
Eggy was more like the gathering of the 1970 Isle of Wight music festival, which needless to say, made our plans more difficult. With so many bodies security started to circle and so we took cover until they succumbed for tea. A not so dignified mass sprint then ensued into the main attraction.
With light fading fast, the towers, stores, workshops et all, would have to wait for another day.
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Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967. The station comprises four 500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired pulverised fuel units, giving the station a total electrical output of 1,960 MW. There were four boilers rated at 403 kg/s, steam conditions were 158.58 bar at 566/566°C reheat. Units 3 and 4 had Flue Gas Desulphurisation equipment installed, which reduced the units' emissions of Sulphur Dioxide by around 90%. There were 3 × 17.5 MW auxiliary gas turbines on the site, these were first commissioned in May 1967.
Eggborough power station was supplied with fuel via a 1½ mile branch line off the Wakefield and Goole Line. Rail facilities include a west-facing junction on the Goole line, two coal discharge lines (No. 1 and No. 2), gross- and tare-weight weighbridges, a hopper house, a limestone unloading line and an oil discharge line. The eight cooling towers are arranged in two rows of four located to the west of the power station building. There is a single 200 m (660 ft) tall chimney located to the north of the main building. The electrical switching station was located to the south of the main building.
In 2005 a retrofit turbine upgrade was carried out to increase the station's efficiency and flexibility by improving part-load and two-shift operation. The station employed around 300 people, as well as contractors.
Alongside Ferrybridge Power Stations, Eggborough used to pump ash from the incineration process to a piece of land south of the railway line, The M62 and the Aire and Calder Navigation called Gale Common Ash Disposal. The area covered 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2) and was landscaped by Brenda Colvin into a hill with contours (she was said to have been inspired by Maiden Castle Hill Fort in Dorset). The hill reaches a height of 160 feet (50 m) and stands out amongst the rather flat landscape of this part of North Yorkshire. In late 2018 the decommissioned station was used as a filming location for the Fast and the Furious film, Hobbs & Shaw.
The explore
Eggy was more like the gathering of the 1970 Isle of Wight music festival, which needless to say, made our plans more difficult. With so many bodies security started to circle and so we took cover until they succumbed for tea. A not so dignified mass sprint then ensued into the main attraction.
With light fading fast, the towers, stores, workshops et all, would have to wait for another day.
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