Report - Tilbury A Station..Essex, March 2015

[Mikeymutt]

Visited this with my two usual friends man gone wrong and Janovitch. A very enjoyable wander of this very old station. Looking back I wished I had got more photos and had a better camera. Butpent ages just having a nose around the whole building and its contents. A lot of it was stripped out but what was left was nice. Was a bit of a sensitive one at the time I guessed so sat on it for quite a while.
Construction of the A station began in 1951 when after the nationisation of the industry plans were afoot from 1948. It operated for twenty five years then was mothballed, whilst the B station carried on. A lot of the A staton was demolished in 1999 including the turbine hall sadly. Surprisingly though a lot was left including the original control panel. The last of the station along with the B station was finally all fully demolished by 2019.

 

[zombizza]

Nice, this was one of my all time favourites. Im actually decorating my study right now in this era style with a big photo of that control room on one wall ;o)

 

[Wastelandr]

Very nice piece of industrial Thames heritage indeed that, sorry to have missed it being somewhat local (although thankfully not too local )

 

[Mikeymutt]

Very nice piece of industrial Thames heritage indeed that, sorry to have missed it being somewhat local (although thankfully not too local )

It was a little beauty and the likes we might not see again. Shame you missed it mate.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice, this was one of my all time favourites. Im actually decorating my study right now in this era style with a big photo of that control room on one wall ;o)

Wow that will look lovely in your study. Perfect choice.

 

[zombizza]

Wow that will look lovely in your study. Perfect choice.

Cheers, Here it is so far - a work in progress, but Tilbury in centre position (I was pretty obsessed with this place). I just wish I could have one of those desks that were there.

Incase anyone is interested in the music video I shot there on a second visit haha-

 

[Mikeymutt]

Cheers, Here it is so far - a work in progress, but Tilbury in centre position (I was pretty obsessed with this place). I just wish I could have one of those desks that were there

That study is so nice. The pic looks lovely on the wall, and I really like the scales and butterflies
That video ha ha. That's good and I as not expecting that and six of you at least there was no clickbait.

 

[Wastelandr]

Control room looks incredible in that music video. What a spectacular example of the pigeon poo shuffle boogie

 

[Bikin Glynn]

That control room did look pretty nice, such a shame these places are becoming increasingly scarce

 

[host]

Nice, this was one of my all time favourites. Im actually decorating my study right now in this era style with a big photo of that control room on one wall ;o)

I thought you meant flakey paint broken windows and full of pigeon shit but that’s really nice. Print looks amazing.

 

[zombizza]

I thought you meant flakey paint broken windows and full of pigeon shit but that’s really nice. Print looks amazing.

haha, i would LOVE peeling paint in my room, but I think the mrs would draw the line there

 

[KPUrban_]

That control room, and everything else there, is lovely.
Nicely done.

 

[Mikeymutt]

That control room did look pretty nice, such a shame these places are becoming increasingly scarce

I can't imagine there is hardly anything like this left at all now.

 

[Mikeymutt]

That control room, and everything else there, is lovely.
Nicely done.

It's such as they call it now "a time warp"

 

[Calamity Jane]

Another nice back cat. A great explore, the control room always the main attraction, but I like the fact its decaying all over and peely goodness everywhere.