Ferrybridge C Power Station:
This unmissable structure at the confluence of the A1 & M62 will catch even the most innocent eye's attention.
Work began to construct the site in 1961 & was completed in 1967 for operation by the Central Electricity Generating Board (now the privately run National Grid).
It houses four, 500MW Units and provided 10,229 GWh throughout its peak from 1981-82.
Despite its capacity for electric procurement, it didn't have seamless history: In July 2014 a fire broke out at Unit 4's sulfur dioxide expulsion point and led the plant to a future of loss-making electricity until it finally shut its doors in March 2016.
The Explore:
One early morning in March, @xplorer.x, @UrbandonedTeam, @The Excursionists and I infiltrated the supreme structure, avoid as many infra-red cameras as possible.
Overall we had very little trouble with the security getting in, though mid way through we all had to sequester deep in the matrix of the boiler house to avoid a security guard and a tinpot police officer doing a round of the site.
As with all power plants, the scale of this place is inconceivable. The turbine hall runs hundreds approx~150M long and ~50M wide with its four capacious turbines lined up in consecutive order of fragmentation; Unit 1 being most mutilated by construction workers and Unit 4 the least.
The workers' lights shone from the raised linear pathways on either side of the room, powered by exterior generators. It's bizarre to think that a structure whose sole intention was to provide power to the nation now does nothing but consume it
A slightly dismantled Unit 3 here shows the interior magnets - the part that actually produces electricity as they spun around as a result of the turbines themselves spinning behind them.
Here's a more divested Unit which shows the extent to which this place has been disestablished. Behind the initial turbine holster is a cavernous hole within the concrete integuments of the Unit where expert excavation has expunged all previous workings of the object.
Standing on top gives a great view straight down the lengths of the turbine and notably presents the actual blades themselves which are unutterably heavy.
The gantry crane gives an unrivalled view of the institution in all of its ineffable glory. The candescent lights made shooting indescribably easier as we didn't have to wait for daylight nor try and light-paint such an extensive space!
Ferrybridge's Control Room is one of the best in my opinion because of its unwavering symmetry and original tiled flooring. It's scandalous this room doesn't still have power, since with the lights on it looks outstanding.
The Unit 2 sector stained with the pale blue/turquoise metallic finish.
Finally, the initial shot I got from the roof of the main building looking over at the new biomass plant called FM1 which burns landfill waste, wood and biomass; potentially a sign for the future of electricity production, contrasted with the more archaic combustion of coal next door.
Thanks for reading!
This unmissable structure at the confluence of the A1 & M62 will catch even the most innocent eye's attention.
Work began to construct the site in 1961 & was completed in 1967 for operation by the Central Electricity Generating Board (now the privately run National Grid).
It houses four, 500MW Units and provided 10,229 GWh throughout its peak from 1981-82.
Despite its capacity for electric procurement, it didn't have seamless history: In July 2014 a fire broke out at Unit 4's sulfur dioxide expulsion point and led the plant to a future of loss-making electricity until it finally shut its doors in March 2016.
The Explore:
One early morning in March, @xplorer.x, @UrbandonedTeam, @The Excursionists and I infiltrated the supreme structure, avoid as many infra-red cameras as possible.
Overall we had very little trouble with the security getting in, though mid way through we all had to sequester deep in the matrix of the boiler house to avoid a security guard and a tinpot police officer doing a round of the site.
As with all power plants, the scale of this place is inconceivable. The turbine hall runs hundreds approx~150M long and ~50M wide with its four capacious turbines lined up in consecutive order of fragmentation; Unit 1 being most mutilated by construction workers and Unit 4 the least.
The workers' lights shone from the raised linear pathways on either side of the room, powered by exterior generators. It's bizarre to think that a structure whose sole intention was to provide power to the nation now does nothing but consume it
A slightly dismantled Unit 3 here shows the interior magnets - the part that actually produces electricity as they spun around as a result of the turbines themselves spinning behind them.
Here's a more divested Unit which shows the extent to which this place has been disestablished. Behind the initial turbine holster is a cavernous hole within the concrete integuments of the Unit where expert excavation has expunged all previous workings of the object.
Standing on top gives a great view straight down the lengths of the turbine and notably presents the actual blades themselves which are unutterably heavy.
The gantry crane gives an unrivalled view of the institution in all of its ineffable glory. The candescent lights made shooting indescribably easier as we didn't have to wait for daylight nor try and light-paint such an extensive space!
Ferrybridge's Control Room is one of the best in my opinion because of its unwavering symmetry and original tiled flooring. It's scandalous this room doesn't still have power, since with the lights on it looks outstanding.
The Unit 2 sector stained with the pale blue/turquoise metallic finish.
Finally, the initial shot I got from the roof of the main building looking over at the new biomass plant called FM1 which burns landfill waste, wood and biomass; potentially a sign for the future of electricity production, contrasted with the more archaic combustion of coal next door.
Thanks for reading!
