Report - Longannet Power Station, Scotland - January 2019

[Terminal Decline]

History
Longannet was a 2400mw coal-fired power station, located on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. When the power station opened in 1973 it was the largest coal-fired power station in Europe, by the time of its closure it was third, after Bełchatów in Poland and Drax. The building closed on 24th March 2016, with demolition beginning in early 2017.

The Explore
I first made the trip to Longy in June 2018 but bailed when I saw the electric fence, along with the fact that is was very light. Although I had seen that the turbines had been stripped, I still wasn't ready to give up yet. Come January I found the time to head back up to Scotland, primarily to see the destruction at poor Tullis Russell power station and this time I was much more prepared, big thanks to @Brewtal for getting me the info. I had seen several clips of the precipitators being blown up which didn't give me much hope for finding anything inside the turbine hall. However, although the turbines had gone, there was a lot of stuff of interest in the turbine hall, the water feed pumps were rather lovely. I guess demolition isn't progressing as fast as I'd have imagined due to the live substation attached to the turbine hall, meaning the boiler house may have to go first. Also I can't imagine there would be much of a rush to clear the site ready for redevelopment. If you

External from my June attempt


The Turbine Hall

Water feed pumps

The space below the turbine where the condensers used to be


The Boiler House

 

[Terminal Decline]

Boiler House Roof
some great views from the top. The roof itself in in poor condition and there are several holes which you have to watch out for

Coal Delivery
The coal bunkers and conveyor were very spacious, compared with some of the others I've been in

Workshops and Admin
There was a lot of stuff left in the admin block and workshops, though the place is currently being stripped

Workshops

countdown to closure

The recently stripped out canteen

Medical room

The labs
This was one of my favorite parts, unlike the rest of admin this was close to 'untouched'

Thanks for looking

 

[Brewtal]

You are most welcome mate! I’ll get you into the control room next time you are up, bit of a faff but at least I know the way past the chained doors now! ; )

 

[dweeb]

Wow.... not really my cup of tea usually but the scale of that place is incredible.

 

[Olkka]

Best conveyors like

 

[Ojay]

Crikey that's looking a bit sorry now, good effort and great update on the place

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

Incredible. As said before, not my cup of tea normally too, but enjoyed these pics. Nicely done

 

[host]

Industrial porn really nice report.

 

[Exploring with Andy]

The lab is pretty good!

 

[slayaaaa]

Fantastic report, amazing place and still tonnes to see here. No tubines, no urbex i guess haha

 

[Camera Shy]

Thought this would be rubble by now. Can still see the startled face of the flabby Scottish security geezer when he walked in the control room on us, was funny, you got to see loads there so well done.

 

[The Amateur Wanderer]

Was going to say it looks like little's been done in a year, and then I saw the chimney shots...

Still a good report and another ticked off I guess!

 

[Terminal Decline]

Was going to say it looks like little's been done in a year, and then I saw the chimney shots...

Still a good report and another ticked off I guess!

I was relieved to find so much stuff still there though I would have loved to see it complete.

 

[HughieD]

That is a winner of a report.

 

[albino-jay]

Nice man. Gutting to see it being stripped. Still a lot to see like though, for now anyway. The labs look cool!