Thorpe Marsh Power Station, nr. Doncaster, Sept 2010

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KooK.

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A nice day and a good start to the day with Thorpe Marsh before heading onto Eastmoor. The buzzing from the existing switching station is pretty intense and we bumped into someone working on the site, he just said morning and was on his way.

Construction of the station began in 1959, it being built as a prototype for all the large modern power stations in the UK. It was commissioned between 1963 and 1965. It contained 2 generating sets powered by coal, and had a gas turbine set using an industrial static version of a Rolls-Royce Avon aero engine with a capacity of 14.9 MW. On 7 January 1973 four workmen died. The CEGB was put under investigation for breaches in safety provisions but they were found to have all died accidental deaths.

Initially being operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board, the station was operated by National Power following privatisation in 1990. The station closed a few years later in 1994. The 45 acres (18 ha) site was acquired by Able UK in 1995. Much of the station has been demolished and now only its six cooling towers (each 340 ft (100 m) high and 260 ft (79 m) in diameter at the base), two ash slurry hoppers, railway sidings and the station's large adjacent electricity switching station still remain. The switching station was nearly flooded during the 2007 Yorkshire flood, which would have knocked the grid out according to news reports. The structures still stand now because it is feared that any explosion would cause the banks of the nearby canal to rupture. They also contain asbestos, which would contaminate land for miles around the site. There have been several controversial proposals for the site, including a car distribution depot and more recently a huge landfill site, neither of which have proven popular with the local residents.

The power station's cooling towers were featured in the final episode of the 1999 ITV drama, The Last Train, and in the first episode of the 2009 Channel 4 drama Red Riding.


Someone really doesn't want that gate open.
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Entrance to Hot Water Inlet tunnel​
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View from inside Hot Water Inlet
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Thanks for looking :D
 
Awesome pictures mate :D Seeing those things up close must have made you feel tiny! :L

LiamWG
 
Great report Kook and nij.

Teddy looks the worst for wear. I can't get it out of my head that he suffered the trauma of being ejected up through an operational cooling tower in a puff of steam and, happily, landing softly on the chair in a secluded spot, not looking too special after his experience. :wrolleyes:
 
...I can't get it out of my head that he suffered the trauma of being ejected up through an operational cooling tower in a puff of steam and, happily, landing softly on the chair in a secluded spot, not looking too special after his experience. :wrolleyes:

LOL. Poor Ted.

Great pics, guys. Love these monsters. Always photogenic and full of atmosphere. :)
 
Some clever shots. Nice work guys. Like the array of paddlocks too.
 
Very nice shots - especially like No 4 it looks like the cooling tower is still working :)
 

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