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Report - Tilbury 'B' Power Station, Essex (October 2015)

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Exploring with Andy

Behind Closed Doors
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I seem to have amassed quite a backlog of power stations, so I'll get posting, starting off with the most recent - Tilbury B, which we visited just last month in fact.

Decommissioning at Tilbury B is now fully complete and the site is pretty quiet. The place is now powered down.

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Phone shot external at sunset​

Having a chilled day there was quite nice - a welcome change from a few much more intense explores we'd had at other power stations, meaning we could have a much better look around and explore all the nooks and crannies. This has pros and cons, however - shooting in natural light around the main areas was nice, but some areas were just too dark to shoot. Just having a look around those areas was good though, and the control room was a nice highlight.

Turbine Hall

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View from the central crane

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View in the other direction

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Twin turbines and alternator

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Control panel and crane

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Turbines

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Turbines

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End of turbine - I loved the shape of these

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Alternator

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Unit 7 had been dismantled a few years before the station closed

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The turbines are now stripped

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And the alternator is just a shell

Boiler House

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The retro signage is cool

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Boiler house viewed from turbine hall

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Now that is pipe porn!

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There were some cool tanks right up at the top

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Coal conveyors

Control Room

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The control room is semi-computerised, but there is still a pleasing amount of "proper" panels left

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Central control area

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Each unit has an identical desk like this

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And a quick shot of the jetty at night...

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Dinosaur coal hoovers!​
 
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