Report - Heyrod Power Station, Stalybridge - Sept 2014

[paulpowers]

Working weekends should be illegal

I was sat waiting for work nearby and after failing to get into a train tunnel nearby I decided to pop in on something easy

Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when 26 acres (110,000 m2) of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926 by the Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board. The cooling towers were constructed in the 1940s. Coal was delivered to the plant at Millbrook railway sidings on the Micklehurst Line, situated on the opposite side of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The sidings were built in 1932 and had space to hold up to 130 12-ton wagons. Coal was fed into a hopper underneath the sidings before being transported on an enclosed conveyor belt which emerged high above the valley to cross the River Tame and canal before entering the station at a high level. The station was closed on 29 October 1979 with a generating capacity of 64 megawatts. It was demolished during the 1980s, although part of the site is still used as an electrical substation.

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[Wevsky]

it's like a big open plan toilet..i take it you left a calling card

 

[paulpowers]

of course

 

[Wevsky]

of course

I knew you wouldn't let the side down

 

[ZerO81]

Was one of my first explores with hidden Shadow was this and it does not seem to have changed a bit!

 

[1nk4]

looks pretty dope!

 

[bignickb]

Those switchgear panels get emptier every time someone explores it! I've done a few model / band shoots here!
Nice work!