Burtonwood

[skittles]

I have tryed to persuade several people to visit the Burtonwood airbase but no one wanted to come. Finally I decided to venture over today to find they were having an open day.

DEMOLITION STARTS IN THREE WEEKS!

The Steel Structure Is Amazing

NO idea what these are or how old they may be

 

[Sabtr]

Nice. Why are they pulling it down?

I would love to drive my car up that roof like in the Italian Job.

I think those rusty thingymajobs are transformers and associated switch gear - someone here will know better than me!

 

[urbtography]

Id second that thought, they look like transformers, i love the sound they make mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I love the picture of the transformer on its side, hope it wasnt live when that happened

 

[Foxylady]

Cool pics of the hangar structure inside. Love those huge doors too. Good stuff.

 

[Sabtr]

Id second that thought, they look like transformers, i love the sound they make mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I love the picture of the transformer on its side, hope it wasnt live when that happened

And I thought I was the only one who loves that sound.

 

[Bigjobs]

Where abouts are you based skittles? These are right near me, been a few times. Woulda been up for a return.

Some nice shots there too

 

[ThenewMendoza]

Three weeks until demolition Bugger.

M

 

[krela]

I think those rusty thingymajobs are transformers and associated switch gear - someone here will know better than me!

The technical name for those installations is "Mechanical and Engineering Plinth" and yes they are transformers. There we usually at least 5 dotted around most WW2 era airfields. They just distributed electricity around the various parts of the airfield.

 

[ricmonkey]

I visited the other night with Bigjobs, Littlejobs, Over, Gage, Fluxy, and Nexus.

From the hangar's subsequent use by Kingspan​

Here are some shots from an earlier visit with Rufo:

360deg pano from a hangar rooftop, joined at the far end - click for bigger


360deg pano from a hangar rooftop, joined at the near end - click for bigger​