These are not the best set from here (far from it in fact), however I very much enjoyed my visit to Ardeer so thought it would be worth a report, even if there is 10,000 already on her! The place is just extremely cool, little manufacturing sheds hidden deep in woods with ancient items still left, a huge power station with some of the nicest boilers I've seen and rare peebles turbines to boot and even a nice little control room hidden away... all this while trying to avoid the very active security nextdoor and getting your shoes filled with sand!
I must say I was discouraged a bit since every man has seen it, however I wasn't going to miss the boilers so made the effort and drove up to Scotland. I think the place has gotten a little easier to access over the years but still poses a challenge to get to see most of the buildings! We started at the much seen oil fired power station, after a tight squeeze we were in. Spending most of the afternoon hunting out the little details in the turbine hall, we decided to make it to some of the manufacturing areas on-site before the light was completely gone, this is where my photos lack the most as I was too busy digging around for paper work etc and not taking any snaps! I stumbled on what seemed to be an old compressor house near our exit most seem to actually miss? Although it did seem pretty trashed! Then as it became pitch-black outside we made it to our last target: an old control room! This control room interestingly enough used to be attached to another power station that was on-site, I guess a 'B' station of some sort, this power station serviced the Petroleum diversion side of the site. The power station was saldy knocked down, however this part was kept presumably for substation activity. It is unknown when it was abandoned however it looks like it has been closed for some time! In the basement we found paper work documenting a cooling tower collapse while the station was running, pretty epic!
I think there is still a bit more to be discovered at Ardeer, I need a non-tourist trip sometime!
I must say I was discouraged a bit since every man has seen it, however I wasn't going to miss the boilers so made the effort and drove up to Scotland. I think the place has gotten a little easier to access over the years but still poses a challenge to get to see most of the buildings! We started at the much seen oil fired power station, after a tight squeeze we were in. Spending most of the afternoon hunting out the little details in the turbine hall, we decided to make it to some of the manufacturing areas on-site before the light was completely gone, this is where my photos lack the most as I was too busy digging around for paper work etc and not taking any snaps! I stumbled on what seemed to be an old compressor house near our exit most seem to actually miss? Although it did seem pretty trashed! Then as it became pitch-black outside we made it to our last target: an old control room! This control room interestingly enough used to be attached to another power station that was on-site, I guess a 'B' station of some sort, this power station serviced the Petroleum diversion side of the site. The power station was saldy knocked down, however this part was kept presumably for substation activity. It is unknown when it was abandoned however it looks like it has been closed for some time! In the basement we found paper work documenting a cooling tower collapse while the station was running, pretty epic!
I think there is still a bit more to be discovered at Ardeer, I need a non-tourist trip sometime!
