two out of three
Standing up at the top of the hills looking down towards Megawatt valley and seeing Drax, Ferrybridge and Eggbrough at full stream is a sight I bloody well wish I had a photo of. Not long since, Ferrybridge closed it doors for good and by the summer of 2018, Eggbrough will join it, leaving only Drax to keep things going along the Aire valley. I kind of liked Eggbrough, from the outside at least, just for its unusual arrangement of cooling towers. It was almost a statement that set it apart from its sister stations to the east and west, 2 x 4, neatly arranged to the side. It was just a bit weird, a bit lop sided, a bit cooler.
Our trip in and around the place was sort of unremarkable. We went on one of the supposedly ‘off’ nights hoping we’d not bump into anyone, which we didn’t until we had to hit the deck in the turbine hall after an engineer went for a midnight stroll from the control room to one of the lower units.
From up top though, I thought the turbine hall was a bit of a dullard, well not that bad, just not as groovey as so many of their counterparts. Standard issue all-blue without the flair or pizzaz of many of the other stations I’ve had the pleasure to visit. Its not even as if the minimalist vibe of the cooling towers had had any influence, these were just a bit plain.
Good night sweet prince.
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