History:
Work started on the construction of Rugeley 'A' Power Station in 1956. The complex itself was opened in 1963. Rugeley was chosen as the site because of the availability of land, water, coal and the excellent transport links nearby.
It was the first joint venture between the Central Electricity Generating Board and the National Coal Board. The power station shared the site with Lea Hall Colliery, which fed coal direct to the station by conveyor belt.
In 1960, the shell of the dry cooling tower was completed - the cooling towers are the large concave towers. The cooling towers built at Rugeley were the world's first big dry cooling tower and the first large-scale experiment with a design aimed at eliminating water loss.
In 1970, Rugeley 'B' Power Station was commissioned to work alongside Rugeley 'A'. This new complex was completed and opened in 1972.
October 1990 saw the closure of the Lea Hall Colliery which meant all future coal stocks for the power station would be delivered by rail. Five years later, Rugeley 'A' Power Station was closed and later demolished - during its life, it had burned nearly 42 million tonnes of coal!
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. The closure will result in the loss of 150 jobs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016. Decommissioning will be begin in June 2016. All buildings and structures on site are due for demolition lasting until around summer 2019.
The Visit:
ventured here with @Lavino & @Dangle_Angle.
Probably the best explore we have done spending roughly 6 hours here finding our way through the station.
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Thanks for looking
GK WAX
Work started on the construction of Rugeley 'A' Power Station in 1956. The complex itself was opened in 1963. Rugeley was chosen as the site because of the availability of land, water, coal and the excellent transport links nearby.
It was the first joint venture between the Central Electricity Generating Board and the National Coal Board. The power station shared the site with Lea Hall Colliery, which fed coal direct to the station by conveyor belt.
In 1960, the shell of the dry cooling tower was completed - the cooling towers are the large concave towers. The cooling towers built at Rugeley were the world's first big dry cooling tower and the first large-scale experiment with a design aimed at eliminating water loss.
In 1970, Rugeley 'B' Power Station was commissioned to work alongside Rugeley 'A'. This new complex was completed and opened in 1972.
October 1990 saw the closure of the Lea Hall Colliery which meant all future coal stocks for the power station would be delivered by rail. Five years later, Rugeley 'A' Power Station was closed and later demolished - during its life, it had burned nearly 42 million tonnes of coal!
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. The closure will result in the loss of 150 jobs.
Rugeley Power Station ceased all operations on Wednesday 8 June 2016. Decommissioning will be begin in June 2016. All buildings and structures on site are due for demolition lasting until around summer 2019.
The Visit:
ventured here with @Lavino & @Dangle_Angle.
Probably the best explore we have done spending roughly 6 hours here finding our way through the station.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Thanks for looking
GK WAX
