My Visit
This was my second attempt here got caught the first time but i wasnt giving up.
This was probably one of the hardest ive done not because of secca, altho they are on the ball, but more the size of the place and trying to get round.
The History
Eggborough Power Station was a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. The station had a generating capacity of 1,960 megawatts, enough electricity to power 2 million homes, equivalent to the area of Leeds and Sheffield. The station closed in September 2018, but there are plans to replace it with a 2.5 GW gas power plant.
Opened in 1966 to use nearby coal-reserves, the station was built for, and initially operated by, the Central Electricity Generating Board.
Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967. The station comprises four 500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired pulverised fuel units, giving the station a total electrical output of 1,960 MW. There were four boilers rated at 403 kg/s, steam conditions were 158.58 bar at 566/566°C reheat. Units 3 and 4 had Flue Gas Desulphurisation equipment installed, which reduced the units' emissions of Sulphur Dioxide by around 90%.
There were 3 × 17.5 MW auxiliary gas turbines on the site, these were first commissioned in May 1967.
Eggborough power stations were supplied with fuel via a 1½ mile branch line off the Wakefield and Goole Line. Rail facilities include a west-facing junction on the Goole line, two coal discharge lines (No. 1 and No. 2), gross- and tare-weight weighbridges, a hopper house, a limestone unloading line and an oil discharge line.
The eight cooling towers are arranged in two rows of four located to the west of the power station building. There is a single 200 m (660 ft) tall chimney located to the north of the main building. The electrical switching station was located to the south of the main building.
In 2005 a retrofit turbine upgrade was carried out to increase the station's efficiency and flexibility by improving part-load and two-shift operation.
The station employed around 300 people, as well as contractors
In late 2018 the decommissioned station was used as a filming location for the Fast and the Furious film, Hobbs & Shaw.
Info from Eggborough power station - Wikipedia
Sorry the photo quality isnt brilliant everything that could go wrong did and the weather wow hope you enjoy
Power unit
In turbine hall
Turbine 2
Turbine 1
Control room
Control room 2
Workshop
Lifting tackle
Stores
Thanks for looking
This was my second attempt here got caught the first time but i wasnt giving up.
This was probably one of the hardest ive done not because of secca, altho they are on the ball, but more the size of the place and trying to get round.
The History
Eggborough Power Station was a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing biomass. It is situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. The station had a generating capacity of 1,960 megawatts, enough electricity to power 2 million homes, equivalent to the area of Leeds and Sheffield. The station closed in September 2018, but there are plans to replace it with a 2.5 GW gas power plant.
Opened in 1966 to use nearby coal-reserves, the station was built for, and initially operated by, the Central Electricity Generating Board.
Eggborough Power Station was built between 1962 and 1970, and first began generating electricity in 1967. The station comprises four 500 megawatt (MW) coal-fired pulverised fuel units, giving the station a total electrical output of 1,960 MW. There were four boilers rated at 403 kg/s, steam conditions were 158.58 bar at 566/566°C reheat. Units 3 and 4 had Flue Gas Desulphurisation equipment installed, which reduced the units' emissions of Sulphur Dioxide by around 90%.
There were 3 × 17.5 MW auxiliary gas turbines on the site, these were first commissioned in May 1967.
Eggborough power stations were supplied with fuel via a 1½ mile branch line off the Wakefield and Goole Line. Rail facilities include a west-facing junction on the Goole line, two coal discharge lines (No. 1 and No. 2), gross- and tare-weight weighbridges, a hopper house, a limestone unloading line and an oil discharge line.
The eight cooling towers are arranged in two rows of four located to the west of the power station building. There is a single 200 m (660 ft) tall chimney located to the north of the main building. The electrical switching station was located to the south of the main building.
In 2005 a retrofit turbine upgrade was carried out to increase the station's efficiency and flexibility by improving part-load and two-shift operation.
The station employed around 300 people, as well as contractors
In late 2018 the decommissioned station was used as a filming location for the Fast and the Furious film, Hobbs & Shaw.
Info from Eggborough power station - Wikipedia
Sorry the photo quality isnt brilliant everything that could go wrong did and the weather wow hope you enjoy
Power unit
In turbine hall
Turbine 2
Turbine 1
Control room
Control room 2
Workshop
Lifting tackle
Stores
Thanks for looking
