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Heyrod Power Station and Millbrook Slidings
Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when 26 acres of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926. Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield were all involved in the making of the power station. The cooling towers were constructed in the 1940s. Coal was delivered to the plant at Millbrook railway sidings on the Micklehurst Line, which is 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.
This explore was literally a 'ah these two are very close, might as well have a look' expecting the power station to be demolished by now surely, but somehow it's slumbering on.
We didn't fancy walking up to the hollowed shed, after finding out it's bottom floor has been completely stripped and access to the second floor was impossible. However, I found the conveyor belt next to it very interesting, so we took pictures of that firstly. It towers over the trees and then suddenly stops, where it was cut off when the site shut.
Before it was sliced in half, the conveyor belt would've travelled over the River Tame but now it halts directly above and you can hear the metal creaking when walking under it.
The picture below shows the one storey power station building, which was so destroyed and stripped, I didn't come away with any photos of it. The two storey building resembled a large bush as it has gathered foliage over the years in abandonment.
The bottom floor of the larger building features these rusty prongs which I'm not sure what they were for. Notice the 'slide' entering from the left wall. It deposited something into the groove on the ground.
The only attracting feature of this site to me are the very battered panels upstairs, which to my surprise, still survive today. They even look similar to reports I've seen from 2015, which shows that many people probably forgot this site over time.
This one turned out a lot brighter than anticipated. Sunglasses recommended.
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Hope you enjoyed a video-less report and apologies for the not the best pics.
Thanks for reading
Heyrod Power Station and Millbrook Slidings
Preparations for a power station at Heyrod began in 1916 when 26 acres of land were purchased. The station was opened in 1926. Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield were all involved in the making of the power station. The cooling towers were constructed in the 1940s. Coal was delivered to the plant at Millbrook railway sidings on the Micklehurst Line, which is 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.
This explore was literally a 'ah these two are very close, might as well have a look' expecting the power station to be demolished by now surely, but somehow it's slumbering on.
We didn't fancy walking up to the hollowed shed, after finding out it's bottom floor has been completely stripped and access to the second floor was impossible. However, I found the conveyor belt next to it very interesting, so we took pictures of that firstly. It towers over the trees and then suddenly stops, where it was cut off when the site shut.
Before it was sliced in half, the conveyor belt would've travelled over the River Tame but now it halts directly above and you can hear the metal creaking when walking under it.
The picture below shows the one storey power station building, which was so destroyed and stripped, I didn't come away with any photos of it. The two storey building resembled a large bush as it has gathered foliage over the years in abandonment.
The bottom floor of the larger building features these rusty prongs which I'm not sure what they were for. Notice the 'slide' entering from the left wall. It deposited something into the groove on the ground.
The only attracting feature of this site to me are the very battered panels upstairs, which to my surprise, still survive today. They even look similar to reports I've seen from 2015, which shows that many people probably forgot this site over time.
This one turned out a lot brighter than anticipated. Sunglasses recommended.
Hope you enjoyed a video-less report and apologies for the not the best pics.
Thanks for reading
