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Report - - Bromborough Central Power Station - December 2013 | Industrial Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Bromborough Central Power Station - December 2013

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Will Knot

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The Explore.........

Following a heavy drinking and a casino overnight in a swanky Hotel in Cheshire :D The next morning, feeling a little worst for wear :( I decided to kill some time before the long drive home and called to the above for a little explore :D.............it's well past it's sell by date as the 'pikies' have totally stripped it bare :rolleyes: Including the digging up of the power-lines all around the area :mad

A Bit of History.............

The Bromborough Central Power Station was built in 1918 to serve the industrial works owned by the Lever Brothers. Initially, it consisted of three chain grate coal fired boiler and a 5megawatt generator set. The power stations capacity was expanded during the following decade when another three boilers and 6.25megawatt generator set were installed to serve the local area. Both Bromborough Docks and Port Sunlight Village had recently introduced electricity and the power station was quick to capitalise.

Many of the factories surrounding the power station also utilised steam and during the 1950′s, a successful pilot scheme to install a back pressure generator was trialled. High pressure steam was supplied to the back generator, and the resulting low pressure steam was fed to the industrial processes. The successful scheme paved the way for a new power station, Merseyside Power Station, that operated through until 1998. During the same period as the construction of the powerstation, the electricity supply was connected to MANWEB.

In 1998 when UniLever announced that the oil fired power station was to close. During the run up to this announcement the original power station had provided back up duties for the surrounding industry. All that remains is a 11kV switchgear control room.

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I hope you enjoyed the report :cool.........I Will Knot :thumbs
 
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