SSI Power Station, Redcar, January 2016

[stranton]

Theres nothing much to say as its all being covered on my earlier threads, (to be posted soon)
except dedication and perseverance payed off.
Its sad for me to witness such a vast & once important site being left to rack & ruin,
knowing that it will never be operating again & all the staff which lost their jobs.
Each time I visited here there was a gradual deteriation,
increased stripping and piles of debris or scrap lying about.
The coke ovens & blast furnace are collapsing, while the bricks are crumbling
& half of the electricitys off.
I wasnt 100% sure, but think there was one maybe 2 staff about while I was in there.

SSI Power Station, Redcar by stranton

A self sufficient power station, which supplies electricity for the SSI site.
Using a combination of coke ovens & blast furnace gas, both by products of steelmaking.
consists of a boiler house, turbine hall (6 turbines)
& several workshops.

view via the 1 mile long conveyor

(notice all the secca vehicles)

boiler house

turbine hall

gantry crane

pipes & tanks

emergency exit

thanks

 

[coolboyslim]

Nice stuff m8ty. Glad you got your post up. Good stuff and cracking pics 

 

[Perjury Saint]

Proper bloody epic in there!!

 

[hamtagger]

What a cracking place, hopefully it should provide a nice big playground for us for a while