Kinky
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Sorry if i have named this site wrong but i guess as i new to the area it makes more sense to me its called Heyrods as its literllay around corner from it?
I recently found out about this place via this forum and with living only about a 15/20minute walk away i thought it would be a brilliant first proper step into attempting Urban exploration along with meeting some old friends who are into photography and could hopefully help me with getting into it and teaching me a few things along with having a good old laugh!
Here a little history about the website:
Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when 26 acres (110,000 m2) of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926 by the Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board.[1] The station began operation with three Metropolitan-Vickers 12,500kW turbo-alternators generating at the local SHMD supply frequency of 40Hz. Later that year the station's output was changed to the nationally agreed standard of 50Hz. In 1935, a major expansion of Hartshead began with the first of three new Metropolitan-Vickers 30,000kW generating sets being commissioned, followed by the second set in 1943 and the third set in 1950. The station's concrete cooling towers were constructed in the 1940s.[2] Coal was delivered to the plant at Millbrook railway sidings on the Micklehurst Line, situated on the opposite side of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The sidings were built in 1932 and had space to hold up to 130 12-ton wagons. Coal was fed into a hopper underneath the sidings before being transported on an enclosed conveyor belt which emerged high above the valley to cross the River Tame and canal before entering the station at a high level.[3] The station was closed on 29 October 1979 with a generating capacity of 64 megawatts.[4] It was demolished during the late 1980s, although part of the site is still used as an electrical substation.
(Source for above was wikipedia, i know i know! shouldnt really rely on it too much haha)
Anyway onto how the day went , upon first getting there it was a nice little thrill of venturing into the power station if not a little odd at times, we first ventured into what im guessing what the main "office" building at one point but were quickly met with a rather odd surprise, some odd looking fellow(bloody hell me calling someone odd..thats a good one!) who seemed rather interesting in what we were doing (no they werent security) but we quickly decided to make a move for the main building after bumping into this chap, we did manage to get a few nice shots , some of which ive tested some nice photoshop effects on and HDRed (with varying success and Not success..)
upon entering the main powerstation building where all the "relays"? (not sure what theyd be called...) we noticed in the downstairs area there was a small brick "house" made and an outhouse which got us thinking the odd man lived there which was a bit unnnerving to say the least as felt like we were properly intruding on his personal space/property?
Anyway im getting slightly side tracked, i loved the styling of the main offices with how they seemed somewhat "clinical" and almost labrotory styled or old school class science class room with all the wall joined tables and the plain white tiling everywhere , i definately got a cool "mad scientist vibe" from this building and will really enjoy coming back many times to test out new ideas with photography there! , for the main "relay" building the downstairs is rather sparse as most of it has been ripped from the walls or destroyed because of how easy it is to get into the place but upstairs seems a lot better as the huge "weigh a F*** tonne" metal cabinets cannot be moved and still have the name plates and switches and dials on most of them which are a brilliant photo oppurtunity!
What im guessing was the main reception area?
One of the many "Lab like" rooms i really find interesting and have a lot of ideas for!
These ones are all form upstairs in the main building, im sorry for the bad photography was trying out manual settings and trying to do some purposely dark/light photos with my bridge camera
definately some cool photos and ideas to be set here! lots of cold steel , heavy cabinets , gauges and all the lovely industrialness!
This little guy is a beauty, i only noticed him as we were setting off to check another building out in the area and noticed the lonesome Mr stay puffed head sat there, i really hope he stays here for a good while , almost like a small mascot
All the photos were took using my Pentax X-5 in manual mode varying from 1/10 ~ 1/400 depending on the area but alot of the darker photos are in the folder located on my photobucket below as i specifically chose pictures where you can actually see wtf is going on (cause im sensible like that!)
if you want to have a little gander at the rest of the photos the album can be found here:
First day at Substation/Sidings
I have decided not to do a secondary report regarding the MillBrook sidings due to how little "essence" is left of the place and it is almost entirely just a shell waiting to be broken just due to the insane ease it is to get to the site, however i will be making a report soon of a lovely wander to another nearby place which is a lovely old stone mill just around the corner!
I recently found out about this place via this forum and with living only about a 15/20minute walk away i thought it would be a brilliant first proper step into attempting Urban exploration along with meeting some old friends who are into photography and could hopefully help me with getting into it and teaching me a few things along with having a good old laugh!
Here a little history about the website:
Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when 26 acres (110,000 m2) of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926 by the Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board.[1] The station began operation with three Metropolitan-Vickers 12,500kW turbo-alternators generating at the local SHMD supply frequency of 40Hz. Later that year the station's output was changed to the nationally agreed standard of 50Hz. In 1935, a major expansion of Hartshead began with the first of three new Metropolitan-Vickers 30,000kW generating sets being commissioned, followed by the second set in 1943 and the third set in 1950. The station's concrete cooling towers were constructed in the 1940s.[2] Coal was delivered to the plant at Millbrook railway sidings on the Micklehurst Line, situated on the opposite side of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The sidings were built in 1932 and had space to hold up to 130 12-ton wagons. Coal was fed into a hopper underneath the sidings before being transported on an enclosed conveyor belt which emerged high above the valley to cross the River Tame and canal before entering the station at a high level.[3] The station was closed on 29 October 1979 with a generating capacity of 64 megawatts.[4] It was demolished during the late 1980s, although part of the site is still used as an electrical substation.
(Source for above was wikipedia, i know i know! shouldnt really rely on it too much haha)
Anyway onto how the day went , upon first getting there it was a nice little thrill of venturing into the power station if not a little odd at times, we first ventured into what im guessing what the main "office" building at one point but were quickly met with a rather odd surprise, some odd looking fellow(bloody hell me calling someone odd..thats a good one!) who seemed rather interesting in what we were doing (no they werent security) but we quickly decided to make a move for the main building after bumping into this chap, we did manage to get a few nice shots , some of which ive tested some nice photoshop effects on and HDRed (with varying success and Not success..)
upon entering the main powerstation building where all the "relays"? (not sure what theyd be called...) we noticed in the downstairs area there was a small brick "house" made and an outhouse which got us thinking the odd man lived there which was a bit unnnerving to say the least as felt like we were properly intruding on his personal space/property?
Anyway im getting slightly side tracked, i loved the styling of the main offices with how they seemed somewhat "clinical" and almost labrotory styled or old school class science class room with all the wall joined tables and the plain white tiling everywhere , i definately got a cool "mad scientist vibe" from this building and will really enjoy coming back many times to test out new ideas with photography there! , for the main "relay" building the downstairs is rather sparse as most of it has been ripped from the walls or destroyed because of how easy it is to get into the place but upstairs seems a lot better as the huge "weigh a F*** tonne" metal cabinets cannot be moved and still have the name plates and switches and dials on most of them which are a brilliant photo oppurtunity!
What im guessing was the main reception area?
One of the many "Lab like" rooms i really find interesting and have a lot of ideas for!
These ones are all form upstairs in the main building, im sorry for the bad photography was trying out manual settings and trying to do some purposely dark/light photos with my bridge camera
definately some cool photos and ideas to be set here! lots of cold steel , heavy cabinets , gauges and all the lovely industrialness!
This little guy is a beauty, i only noticed him as we were setting off to check another building out in the area and noticed the lonesome Mr stay puffed head sat there, i really hope he stays here for a good while , almost like a small mascot
All the photos were took using my Pentax X-5 in manual mode varying from 1/10 ~ 1/400 depending on the area but alot of the darker photos are in the folder located on my photobucket below as i specifically chose pictures where you can actually see wtf is going on (cause im sensible like that!)
if you want to have a little gander at the rest of the photos the album can be found here:
First day at Substation/Sidings
I have decided not to do a secondary report regarding the MillBrook sidings due to how little "essence" is left of the place and it is almost entirely just a shell waiting to be broken just due to the insane ease it is to get to the site, however i will be making a report soon of a lovely wander to another nearby place which is a lovely old stone mill just around the corner!
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