When it comes to exploring above the surface of our fine country, there is one thing that gets my camera senses tingling more than anything else
Power stations.
My grandpops was a nuclear engineer in the industry all his life, and growing up, I heard him talk with great passion about his work, the places that he worked and the complexity of the tasks he completed, in order for the nation to be able to set their alarm clocks, flick their kettles on and watch the morning news. It sounded fascinating, and I always hoped that one day, maybe, I would be able to see a turbine in real life.
Previous attempts of this ended badly, on one occasion in the UK and a particularly nasty experience in Poland... i'll leave that for another time
So we set our sights on Rugeley B.
(robbed from wiki)
The Rugeley power stations were a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
First visited with Slayaaaa and another friend, we met up late one night in Rugeley and went for a pizza. On entering the site, we slowly and silently worked our way through the various pitch black buildings until finally figuring out that the lights were off throughout the site, scuppering our hopes of seeing the control room and turbine hall lit up in all their former glory.
The next visit, after we all scoffed a steak and ale pie, was made with a larger group - The original 3 musketeers had been joined by Bolts, Albinojay, FB and someone else. We were all keen for some turbine porn, and once again trudged our way cautiously towards the huge amalgamation of steel and glass. Slayaaaa and I decided to have a wander over to the cooling towers, which was definitely worth the effort - the sky was crystal clear!
Someone obviously didn't like it here!
We then proceeded down through the top of the boiler area
And into the turbine hall
Crane Controls
Unfortunately, one turbine had already been removed
But there was still plenty to see
Demolition of Rugeley A
The control room was awesome, however had been stripped back since previous photos i've seen of this place
In conclusion, a mint weekend!
Thanks to everyone who came
Power stations.
My grandpops was a nuclear engineer in the industry all his life, and growing up, I heard him talk with great passion about his work, the places that he worked and the complexity of the tasks he completed, in order for the nation to be able to set their alarm clocks, flick their kettles on and watch the morning news. It sounded fascinating, and I always hoped that one day, maybe, I would be able to see a turbine in real life.
Previous attempts of this ended badly, on one occasion in the UK and a particularly nasty experience in Poland... i'll leave that for another time
So we set our sights on Rugeley B.
(robbed from wiki)
The Rugeley power stations were a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
First visited with Slayaaaa and another friend, we met up late one night in Rugeley and went for a pizza. On entering the site, we slowly and silently worked our way through the various pitch black buildings until finally figuring out that the lights were off throughout the site, scuppering our hopes of seeing the control room and turbine hall lit up in all their former glory.
The next visit, after we all scoffed a steak and ale pie, was made with a larger group - The original 3 musketeers had been joined by Bolts, Albinojay, FB and someone else. We were all keen for some turbine porn, and once again trudged our way cautiously towards the huge amalgamation of steel and glass. Slayaaaa and I decided to have a wander over to the cooling towers, which was definitely worth the effort - the sky was crystal clear!
Someone obviously didn't like it here!
We then proceeded down through the top of the boiler area
And into the turbine hall
Crane Controls
Unfortunately, one turbine had already been removed
But there was still plenty to see
Demolition of Rugeley A
The control room was awesome, however had been stripped back since previous photos i've seen of this place
In conclusion, a mint weekend!
Thanks to everyone who came
