After a leisurely stroll round the Rank Hovis Mill up the road in Ramsgate (highly recommended, photos to come later from K-U), we nipped along the coast to Richborough power station.
Having always seen these imposing chimneys on the horizon when I was a bit smaller, I've always been slightly in awe of them. You can see them for miles and miles, and they always spooked me out quite a bit, so while K-U wasn't too bothered about going here (he thought it was going to be just a load of old chimneys), I was pretty up for it, having seen the potential for great photography from this location.
Richborough was built in 1962, burning coal then oill. In the 1990s, they started to burn this stuff called Orimulsion, basically knock-off bitumen with water in it, from the Venezuelan government, believing it to be really clean. Unfortunately, the acid rain it caused started killing fish and peeling paint off people's cars, so they shut the plant in 1996. Ho hum. A lot of buildings are indeed now gone/empty shells, but we managed to get into the admin area as well as a good mooch round the chimneys, turbine hall, etc. Also had the company of a gentleman who was for some reason cutting the grass
Shot these on 35mm, I hope you like them (seeing as the day's pictures cost me 23 bloody quid to get developed ).
Visited with Kent-Urbex.
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And your bonus... I'm not too sure about this one, seeing as it's a film shot but I ran it through the compootah to see what I could do with it. Feels a bit dirty. But it's me
Thanks a bunch for looking, people.
Tom
Having always seen these imposing chimneys on the horizon when I was a bit smaller, I've always been slightly in awe of them. You can see them for miles and miles, and they always spooked me out quite a bit, so while K-U wasn't too bothered about going here (he thought it was going to be just a load of old chimneys), I was pretty up for it, having seen the potential for great photography from this location.
Richborough was built in 1962, burning coal then oill. In the 1990s, they started to burn this stuff called Orimulsion, basically knock-off bitumen with water in it, from the Venezuelan government, believing it to be really clean. Unfortunately, the acid rain it caused started killing fish and peeling paint off people's cars, so they shut the plant in 1996. Ho hum. A lot of buildings are indeed now gone/empty shells, but we managed to get into the admin area as well as a good mooch round the chimneys, turbine hall, etc. Also had the company of a gentleman who was for some reason cutting the grass
Shot these on 35mm, I hope you like them (seeing as the day's pictures cost me 23 bloody quid to get developed ).
Visited with Kent-Urbex.
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And your bonus... I'm not too sure about this one, seeing as it's a film shot but I ran it through the compootah to see what I could do with it. Feels a bit dirty. But it's me
Thanks a bunch for looking, people.
Tom