I'll not go into detail as much for the history of this place as we all know it pretty well. After tackling the other few power stations I decided it'd only be fair to give Ferrybridge a nosey before it got completely torn apart. Especially considering its very close to home.
History
In the 1960s, Ferrybridge C power station was opened with a generating capacity of 2 GW from four 500 MW sets; constructed by Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in 1965; on privatisation in 1989 ownership was passed to Powergen, then to Edison Mission Energy (1999), then to AEP Energy Services (American Electric Power) (2001) and to SSE plc (2004). C power station closed in March 2016
Explore
As I said above, this was a last effort to see the place before it's gone. I'm really happy that I managed too as well as it really did not disappoint. The control room is just so beautiful and although the turbines are half ripped apart, and 2 are missing, it was still a great explore.
A view of Eggborough and Drax
A view of a couple of already demolished towers.
One turbine still looking decent
One a little sorry for itself.
History
In the 1960s, Ferrybridge C power station was opened with a generating capacity of 2 GW from four 500 MW sets; constructed by Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in 1965; on privatisation in 1989 ownership was passed to Powergen, then to Edison Mission Energy (1999), then to AEP Energy Services (American Electric Power) (2001) and to SSE plc (2004). C power station closed in March 2016
Explore
As I said above, this was a last effort to see the place before it's gone. I'm really happy that I managed too as well as it really did not disappoint. The control room is just so beautiful and although the turbines are half ripped apart, and 2 are missing, it was still a great explore.
A view of Eggborough and Drax
A view of a couple of already demolished towers.
One turbine still looking decent
One a little sorry for itself.
