History
Our visit
Other than Lostock and failing at Ferrybridge I hadn't managed to do a power station. So you can imagine how hyped I was to get in here.
So I headed down the M6 to our first stop. A decent pub that made some awesome steak and ale pie. Met up with @Bolts, @fb, @Moose and a couple of other lads who aren't on here I don't think. Had a good natter and a couple of pints then we made our way to meet @slayaaaa and make a quick stock up of beer n scran at Tesco before heading into the power station.
It was a lovely clear night and I only managed the one quick snap before heading in.
After finding our way in, navigating in the pitch black was a fun task with the size of the group and trying to keep the use of our torches down to a minimum.
A few head bangs later we'd made it into the boiler house. Wow. The scale of this place is unreal and pictures just do not do it justice. We mooched around what seemed to be a million flights of stairs before coming across the turbine hall and the control room. We stopped in a small office had a few beers a quick chill before making our way back up to the boiler house to get our heads down.
A few lads went back down exploring. Fat chance of me doing them stairs again so a few Brewdogs it was! Ideal.
Setting my hammock up next to the window wasn’t my brightest of idea’s. yeah it looked great as the sun slowly rose through the windows, but Jesus Christ it was cold. If it wasn’t for the beers not a chance would I have slept.
With the sun poking through a few of us were awake packed up and making our way up onto the roof for some epic sun rise vibes. Whilst up there we noticed secca doing their rounds and could make note of where and when they were patrolling.
Making our way back down, the late night lot were flat out a kip so we left them to it whilst we went off for a wander.
Comfy
Random shots around the boiler house making our way down to the turbine hall
Moving onto the turbine hall.
@Bolts on top of the rather large gantry crane
No7 turbine
Pro umbecks crane turbine hall pose
Crane cabin
Cooling towers proper give me a hard on so just a random shot of them behind the dirty glass.
Turbine 6 stripped
No 6 Alternator and condenser
myself and @Bolts
Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970 and closed on 8 June 2016. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
In February 2016 it was announced that the power station would close in the summer of 2016. An announcement by owners, Engie blamed a deterioration in market conditions which included a fall in market prices and increasing carbon costs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and demolition is expected to be finished by 2019.
In February 2016 it was announced that the power station would close in the summer of 2016. An announcement by owners, Engie blamed a deterioration in market conditions which included a fall in market prices and increasing carbon costs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and demolition is expected to be finished by 2019.
Our visit
Other than Lostock and failing at Ferrybridge I hadn't managed to do a power station. So you can imagine how hyped I was to get in here.
So I headed down the M6 to our first stop. A decent pub that made some awesome steak and ale pie. Met up with @Bolts, @fb, @Moose and a couple of other lads who aren't on here I don't think. Had a good natter and a couple of pints then we made our way to meet @slayaaaa and make a quick stock up of beer n scran at Tesco before heading into the power station.
It was a lovely clear night and I only managed the one quick snap before heading in.
After finding our way in, navigating in the pitch black was a fun task with the size of the group and trying to keep the use of our torches down to a minimum.
A few head bangs later we'd made it into the boiler house. Wow. The scale of this place is unreal and pictures just do not do it justice. We mooched around what seemed to be a million flights of stairs before coming across the turbine hall and the control room. We stopped in a small office had a few beers a quick chill before making our way back up to the boiler house to get our heads down.
A few lads went back down exploring. Fat chance of me doing them stairs again so a few Brewdogs it was! Ideal.
Setting my hammock up next to the window wasn’t my brightest of idea’s. yeah it looked great as the sun slowly rose through the windows, but Jesus Christ it was cold. If it wasn’t for the beers not a chance would I have slept.
With the sun poking through a few of us were awake packed up and making our way up onto the roof for some epic sun rise vibes. Whilst up there we noticed secca doing their rounds and could make note of where and when they were patrolling.
Making our way back down, the late night lot were flat out a kip so we left them to it whilst we went off for a wander.
Comfy
Random shots around the boiler house making our way down to the turbine hall
Moving onto the turbine hall.
@Bolts on top of the rather large gantry crane
No7 turbine
Pro umbecks crane turbine hall pose
Crane cabin
Cooling towers proper give me a hard on so just a random shot of them behind the dirty glass.
Turbine 6 stripped
No 6 Alternator and condenser
myself and @Bolts
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