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Report - Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea - 2002

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Clive Von Hampton

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Here are some pics I took at Lots Road Power Station in 2002 during an organised visit.
This was the last week it was in steam. The site has now been de-comissioned and is about to be stripped out and be converted into shops, offices and flats.

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Outside

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Outside again

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And again

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On the roof

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Cooling water discharging into the creek

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Cooling water intake screens

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What the screens collect - Nice!

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Long shot of the Turbine Hall

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Same but zoomed in

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Close-up of the high pressure end of a turbine
 
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Clive Von Hampton

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Turbine governor (left) and high pressure turbine

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High pressure end of another turbine

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Turbine controls

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Looking down from the boiler floor

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Generator and exciter (the exciter is a small generator that supplies the power for the rotating electromagnet in the main generator)

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Steam condenser below turbine

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Boiler water treatment plant

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Fan for supplying air to one of the boilers

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Boiler water feed pump

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Boiler inspection door open
 
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Clive Von Hampton

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Burners at base of boiler

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Circulating pipes on side of boiler

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Steam pipes

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Steam manifold

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Control room

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Cooling water pump house

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Cooling water circulating pump - note old gas lamp

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Old starter and pump

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Crane in turbine house

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Old control gallery

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And again

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Ojay

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I'll get this lot merged thanks for sticking it up, amazing place in full swing

If anyone else has anything like this out there get it up
 

albino-jay

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Oh man that looked great. That curved control room is mint too. Crazy when you look at how many power stations like this were about
 

pirate

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Oh man that looked great. That curved control room is mint too. Crazy when you look at how many power stations like this were about

Yer would have loved to have seen Acton and Kingston……think I was about 14 when Kingston was demolished
 
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