Inverkip Power Station (Decommissioned) - 2009

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lost

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I traipsed over to Inverkip with a fair bit of trepidation as usual. The place is terrifying in its scale and the potential for trouble if you get caught, and for its tripod-killing qualities

I have been a few times already, and have already covered the control room and roofs a few times, and the chimney once, so I focused my efforts on the enormous main building - mainly so I wouldn't be drifting off to sleep by the time I hit the road hom, but also because I've never had the chance to wander around there at my own pace.

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I think these enormous water wheels supplied cooling water to the power station

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I did consider going up the chimney again, but without a mask and a steady supply of water, I gave it a miss

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Once inside and settled it became a fairly relaxing explore, apart from the moments when I realised I was out in the 'open' and could easily be spotted by anyone else in the building. Luckily I was on my own in there as far as I know

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I hate these metal grid walkways, they creak, some of them are warped, and you can easily see the instant death below. I tried to stick to the beams

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Most of the phones on the site emit an eerie crackly dial tone

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A red light beams from a dark corner of the building

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Dismantling has begun

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'X Y' plotter

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I do love a bit of greenery, there's very little at Inverkip though

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Translated to Scots. It's more like 'mind your ribs', this pipe is very low

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This area is roped off due to falling glass from the skylights far above. Yikes!

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The water has got in too

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Dodgy sci-fi prop

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Delicious abandoned Battenburg! Inverkip is like a cafe if you look in the right spots;)
 
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Cracking stuff :)

Nice to see some different shots coming out of here :thumb:
 
Excellant

Some of the best shots of this place yet..would love to see this but...way too far for me to do(lazy sod)

Stu
 
Cracking stuff :)

Nice to see some different shots coming out of here :thumb:

Different you say? I think I did the obligatory "oh look it's big and grey and imposing shots" :p

Nice explore, Lost, it is a place I have always wanted to see:p

You should have a look before it's a shell of itself, though it will take a long time to strip it out. I doubt if we'll see its like again
 
wha a monumental site.. I fancy doing an old powerstation.. ever fancy a revist.. I could come up form cardiff.. been meaning to do some sites up north
 
Excellent coverage of the old place Lost. Liking some of the pano's and some of the lesser covered areas.
 
Re IKPS

awesome report on it...ive drove by it so many times and just not been able to take the cut off...if anyone fancies it i'd be travellin from glasgow although have family in the greenock area.
 
Nice pics :)

how anybody can abandon a battenburg beats me :confused:
that's just criminal, the culprit needs their genetalia gnawing off by a rampant llama named "Cecil" :mad:
 
Ah it's nice to see more pics from here :) especially of the outside water wheel things which I've only ever observed from the top of the chimney.

I really must visit it again, it's been almost 2 years.
 
The cooling wheels are impressive, missed seeing them when we were there.

I doubt if we'll see its like again
In approx 5/6 years' time, we'll have the Big C to visit, I expect, as even now it's a marginal station rather than a baseload one. :)
 
Has it really been nearly 2 years since you visited Rob? Bloody hell, time flies! The dates on my first pics from Inverkip read March 2007.

The 'Big C' could be interesting, though a lot dirtier than Inverkip I imagine.
 
Ha ha ha ha ha lost that's amazing, lol @ Inverkip's tripod killing qualities :mrgreen:, as far as I know it has claimed 4 people's tripod's. Notice how someone has ate all the marzipan bit of the battenberg cake and left the sponge part, obviously a dedicated marzipan lover like myself.

Excellent report and nice to see some different pics, can't believe taggers have been in there and not been busted.

Shadow
 
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Most of the phones on the site emit an eerie crackly dial tone

Same as a phone we had when I were a lad......... :idea: Imagine knowing the phone number of the one in the pic.... and making it ring when you knew someone would be in there:mrgreen:



Excellent report with some brilliant images.

Thank you
Pip
 

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