So most of you have seen this location before if you havent been already... but here's my take on the place.
Explored with Raz & Jord
Bit of background;
Stolen from the internet and i cant remember where :ugeek:
Willington Power Station was in fact two, almost entirely separate stations, within the same site. Willington ‘A’ and ‘B’ shared coal and water supplies, but had separate management and staff. The site was chosen for its close proximity to the Derbyshire coalfields via the mainline railway, and water via the river Trent.
Work on Willington ‘A’ began in 1954, and comprised four 100MW generating units, along with two 425ft chimneys and two cooling towers Station A was brought up to full operating capacity on 10th July 1959, however the generator units were soon upgraded to 104MWs each, limiting the station’s spare capacity. At its height the Station consumed a million tonnes of coal a year.
In early 1957 the Central Electricity Authority began work on Willington ‘B’, which comprised two 200MW units, equalling the capacity of Station ‘A’, one 425ft chimney and (oddly) 3 cooling towers. The Cooling towers are 300ft (91m) high, 145ft (43m) at their top, 218ft (66m) and 122ft (37m) at their throat. Each tower has an effective cooling surface of 858,000 square feet.
Privitisation wasn’t kind to Willingon ‘A’. Units 3 and 4 were shut down in 1989, and finally unit 1 was de-synchronised with the grid at 18:00hrs, 30th September 1994.
Meanwhile Station ‘B’ was effectively run into the ground, with the final unit being de-synchronised on 31st March 1999, ending 41 years of power generation at Willington.
Although most of the site was demolished at the turn of the millennium, the five cooling towers continue to dominate the skyline of the local area.
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So after months and months and months of trying to plan this location into a tour i finally managed to get around it. Firstly i would like to point out that i am still astounded by the sheer size of these things. If you clap while stood under one, the sound has an olmost loony tunes comical echo to it which amused me for a bit while my camera was doing its thing.
While we were there it started lashing it down and if i was to give a little advice to anyone planning to go it would be this;
"It rains for longer inside..."
Few More photos
Basically crucified this image with HDR - My bad...
Thanks for looking
Explored with Raz & Jord
Bit of background;
Stolen from the internet and i cant remember where :ugeek:
Willington Power Station was in fact two, almost entirely separate stations, within the same site. Willington ‘A’ and ‘B’ shared coal and water supplies, but had separate management and staff. The site was chosen for its close proximity to the Derbyshire coalfields via the mainline railway, and water via the river Trent.
Work on Willington ‘A’ began in 1954, and comprised four 100MW generating units, along with two 425ft chimneys and two cooling towers Station A was brought up to full operating capacity on 10th July 1959, however the generator units were soon upgraded to 104MWs each, limiting the station’s spare capacity. At its height the Station consumed a million tonnes of coal a year.
In early 1957 the Central Electricity Authority began work on Willington ‘B’, which comprised two 200MW units, equalling the capacity of Station ‘A’, one 425ft chimney and (oddly) 3 cooling towers. The Cooling towers are 300ft (91m) high, 145ft (43m) at their top, 218ft (66m) and 122ft (37m) at their throat. Each tower has an effective cooling surface of 858,000 square feet.
Privitisation wasn’t kind to Willingon ‘A’. Units 3 and 4 were shut down in 1989, and finally unit 1 was de-synchronised with the grid at 18:00hrs, 30th September 1994.
Meanwhile Station ‘B’ was effectively run into the ground, with the final unit being de-synchronised on 31st March 1999, ending 41 years of power generation at Willington.
Although most of the site was demolished at the turn of the millennium, the five cooling towers continue to dominate the skyline of the local area.
Explore
So after months and months and months of trying to plan this location into a tour i finally managed to get around it. Firstly i would like to point out that i am still astounded by the sheer size of these things. If you clap while stood under one, the sound has an olmost loony tunes comical echo to it which amused me for a bit while my camera was doing its thing.
While we were there it started lashing it down and if i was to give a little advice to anyone planning to go it would be this;
"It rains for longer inside..."
Few More photos
Basically crucified this image with HDR - My bad...
Thanks for looking
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