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Mikeymutt

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Visited this place with the girlfriend and two none member on a quite miserable day,although it did brighten up a little later,this was huge sprawling site.a former gasification site that used coal to turn into gas.it once provided gas for twenty per cent of Scotland,the site was opened by the queen in 1961 and was owned by british gas.the site has changed hands several times and millions of pounds have been pumped into it.and in 1992 the then owners built a 120MW combined cycle gas turbine.sadly in Scotland most of the coal pits have been shut so the process was no longer viable.it carried on being a gas power station pumping it straight from the sea.the site shut down in 2011..parts of the site has been demolished,but lots to see here.lots of pipes and dials,sadly there is a gang of metal thieves on the site and they are blantantly stripping it for copper.working through every bit.they never give us any bother,a few buildings have been torched which is a shmae as my friend showed me some photos from even a few months back and te whole site was pristine.

Looking out over the site

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The workshop.

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The admin and offices next to the workshop had partly been burnt out.mostly upstairs,some bits remained intact downstairs

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Small stores building

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Looking out to the gasifier from the stores and workshop

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lots of lovely pipes and dials and wheels in around the gasifiers

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The turbine are housed in a building with tight sides so getting a shot was impossible so just a close up

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we managed to get into the intake fan section.it was a tight squeeze but worth it even though it was pitch black

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glad to be in the fresh air again after spending an hour in the fan bit

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the kitchen and office blocks had suffered fire damage too
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lots of hydrants about

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a smaller workshop

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More photos coming soon sent it far too early.give me ten mins
 
Wow this is amazing! So much to see, love the different colours! Looks like you had a good day despite the weather. Nice pics.
 
Wow this is amazing! So much to see, love the different colours! Looks like you had a good day despite the weather. Nice pics.

Thank you it was lovely.spent the day here.
 
Interesting site, the gasifier model in the offices was a work of art but sadly it got trashed a while ago.
 
Nice place to see was there with Wolfism when the backend was still in place 5 years ago say hello to the Pikeys lol
 
Can't believe I found out about this one two days after my Scotland trip in November, we drove pretty much straight past it too!
 
Ha ha no they ain't mine I ain't been back but I have a feeling I know who's it is
 

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