Willington Power Station Cooling Towers - July 2016

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History:

RWE npower has been involved in generating power at Willington for many years.
The former, coal fired Willington A Power Station was officially opened by the Duke of Devonshire in October, 1959. Immediately after its opening, construction work began on Willington B, which started generating electricity in 1962.

Willington A and B power stations were closed in 1995 and 1999 respectively. They have since been demolished but their cooling towers, some foundation structures and other infrastructure, was retained. The proposed Willington C Power Station, if implemented, would be constructed on the site of these existing facilities.

The Explore:

I took loads of footage from this place and did a lot of running commentry from the ground but it was a very windy day and the wind blowing in the mic was terrible, i did a over dub with music but to be honest i feel the drone footage tells a thousand stories and sometimes less is more.
So for this one its just the pictures and the drone footage as i really do think anymore would have been to much.
I set off at 5am to visit this place and could see the place from miles away as i approached.
I was totally gob smacked at the size of these things and the site in general.

Some pictures i took on the day:

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I took this last shot with the gate as while getting over i caught my jaffas well and truly as the weight of betty in her case pulled me over - ooohhh tummy pains lol

Finally betty flying overhead:



I tried three times to fly betty from the inside up to the top but i think the radio waves bouncing off the inside of the tower was confusing the old girl - very nearly lost it bad on last attempt so bettys saftey was always paramount but it would have been a great shot if i had pulled it off.

thanks for watching - hope you enjoy.
:)
 
One of very few places in this country I never get tired of shooting, great stuff.
 
Sweet bit of video! Tunes need more bass, breaks, faster BPM and brain melting-ness though! ;) ;) ;) What drone are you using?

Its a old dji phanton 2 - ie betty but i do love the old girl xxx

I also forgot to mention - this has been on my to do list for a very long time and i wanted to come before the big bang - the big bang being - i have heard on the grapevine these old beautys are coming down on the 1st of september , so lots of prepping will be done and while thatss being done you will have no chance of getting to this site - so if your going to do it - nows the time.
 
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Its a old dji phanton 2 - ie betty but i do love the old girl xxx

I also forgot to mention - this has been on my to do list for a very long time and i wanted to come before the big bang - the big bang being - i have heard on the grapevine these old beautys are coming down on the 1st of september , so lots of prepping will be done and while thatss being done you will have no chance of getting to this site - so if your going to do it - nows the time.

Looks like a fantastic bit of kit. I wish I could :( But I've had my Northern trip this summer and I'm going away for some time in a mere few weeks. Good that you got to see it though :D
 
That's what they said back in the beginning of the year about them coming down in March, I'll believe it when I see it.
 

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