Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Doncaster - December 08

[KingElvis]

These six towers and a few scattered remnants are all that remains of the Thorpe Marsh Power Station.

The station was commissioned in 1959 and was built as a prototype for all the large modern power stations in the UK. It opened in 1963. It contained 2 generating sets powered by coal, and had a gas turbine set using an industrial static version of a Rolls-Royce Avon aero engine with a capacity of 14.9 MW.

The station has been closed since 1994 and as yet no realistic plans have been put forward for the land. They towers cannot be demolished due fears of ecological contamination and damage to the nearby land.

It was on the way home from a job and it was so cold here today that even the rats had gloves on their paws

 

[TK421]

Cool, the shots inside the cooling towers remind me the end of the film Brazil.

 

[Foxylady]

Cool, the shots inside the cooling towers remind me the end of the film Brazil.

Absolutely love that film! Excellent photos, KingE. Always good to see pics of Thorpe Marsh.

 

[chelle]

Well done The King

I too love towers,and would love to see these..apparently there is a rusty digger nearby...cool shots Elvis and thanxxx for putting them up.

 

[captspauldinguk]

Hey man,nice pics is this were they filmed a part of last train t.v series?