eggborough

Few more pics from the archive, thought I'd slap a report together, be rude not to. Been sat on these for just 6 years History: Founded in the early-to-mid 19th century by John Croysdale, it initially operated as a bone mill before reconfiguring into a steam-powered corn mill. Following a...

This power station doesnt really need an introduction so ill keep the information short and sweet. Opened officially in 1970, Eggborough power station was a coal fired power station which was also capable of co firing biomass. It was situated on the river Aire between Knottingley and Snaith...

Explore with @jaws, see his account here (Report - - ARBRE Biomass Facility - Eggborough (July 2020) | Industrial Sites) History: The ARBRE Biomass Facility, which is essentially a biomass power plant, was a project started by Kelda (the holding company of Yorkshire Water) in 2000 they sold...

An old but gold one and was certainly a fun stealth mission haha. I arrived at the site on a dull grey Monday morning, hopped the gate and the games began! Working my way through where the 8 cooling towers once stood, there were 3 workers on cherry pickers drilling into the chimney to my left...

Eggborough Power Station - October 2019 Introduction Being that this report is nearly two years old it is probably best to post it by now, even if it is well documented already, so here goes. Visited with @ xplorer.x @ UrbandonedTeam @ DustySensorPhotography The visit. We had been talking a...

Whitley Bridge Flour Mill Whitley Bridge Mill was originally built in 1870s by John and Thomas Croysdale. Powered by electricity and steam, the mill utilised roller milling, a technique that had revolutionised the flour industry. For more than 100 years the mill was owned by James Bowman &...

Eggborough power station is a large decommissioned coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, which was capable of co-firingbiomass. It is situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. The station had...

Brief History A large decommissioned coal fired power station in the North of England which was capable of co-firing biomass, The station had a generating capacity of 1,960 megawatts, enough electricity to power 2 million homes. It began generating power back in 1967 making use of nearby coal...

Clearly this is nothing new, there are plenty of reports on this place, but this is my take on the place. I've wanted to get on the power station game for a looooong time, however as normal things have gotten in the way and despite a few brief pokes at Rugeley and Ironbridge I've never gotten...

Well. This is very much a site I have wanted to do for many years at this point. Eggborough Power Station was constructed in the 1960s and brought online gradually between 1967 and 1970. Upon the completion of works and the commissioning of the remaining units, the power station was formally...

History The ARBRE Biomass Facility, essentially a biomass power plant, was initially proposed in 1998 by the then Energy Minister, John Battle MP, as somewhat of a (very) little brother to the coal fired power station not half a mile down the road from the proposed location of it. The project...

Eggborough Power Station: The colossal set of structures at Eggborough Power Station were completed over 8 years between 1962-1970. 3 years before full completion, the plant began to produce power during 1967. At this point, not all units were active but come 1970, the 2 gigawatt plant was...

Explored with @Ojay, @slayaaaa, @xplorer.x and @Terminal Decline History: Eggborough Power Station was a 2-gigawatt coal-fired generating plant in North Yorkshire, built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967 just before the completion of the site in 1970. The...

History Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967. The station comprises four 500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired pulverised fuel units, giving the station a total electrical output of 1,960 MW. There were four boilers rated at 403 kg/s...

My Visit This was my second attempt here got caught the first time but i wasnt giving up. This was probably one of the hardest ive done not because of secca, altho they are on the ball, but more the size of the place and trying to get round. The History Eggborough Power Station was a large...