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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Jay on 02 August 2011, 22:58
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Sorry for the low quality pics, I was only allowed to use my phone as I didn't want to get my mate into trouble - no cameras allowed, only sneaky mobile snaps! :sad:
The photo's were uploaded straight to Photobucket from my phone so are still in a large resolution so I'll link to them instead of embedding them here, I'll give some description where necessary :smiley:
Everything is on a massive scale! :shocked: There are no small nuts and bolts, they're all as big as your hand or bigger :grin: These pics do not do the power station any justice at all!
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the last 2 are some old Impellers from the Low Power (iirc) Turbines being refurbished
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Looking straight up at the 630ft tower that green peace love so much
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You can just about see the top of Unit 3's Low Power Turbines there circled in red, the Intermediate Turbine in blue, you can't see the High Power turbine unfortunately :sad: All these babies need to be kept going at 2rpm when it's powered down so they don't lock up and kept lubed with the finest quality oil you'll find! Should have got a pic of the HUGE dip stick they use :grin:
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Here you can see the 3 LP turbines and the IP turbine at the bottom.
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Did we take heed of this? :evil: did we f@ck
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This is the cheapest, nastiest coal and you wouldn't want to use it on your BBQ! It's ground up into powder and has the consistency of quicksand! Anyone that falls in the bunkers has to just yell, be as still as possible and wait for a rope to get out. It may not look like a lot but the empty bunkers are much larger and deeper than you may think! Unfortunately it's very dark and not lit very well in the bunkers :sad:
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Some of the cooling pipes, you wouldn't want to touch them! :shocked:
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We couldn't get on top of that roof for H&S reasons so had to stand on a rail and take this one, the coal pile looks small there... :shocked:
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You can see "Site B" which is the gas site being the two rows of buildings parallel to each other, where my mate is hoping to move to after the coal side is closed in the next few years, he's studying for the gas qualifications and I hope he does get in over there.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/jayton82/IMG_20110723_123942.jpg
140+ft drop down from here and we weren't at the highest point.
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The power station was on a day 'off' :sad:
I've got some other pics on my phone that I can't see on photobucket so will try get them uploaded soon.
The most my friend has seen the station make in a day was just over £1m, it's usually a few hundred thousand but the rates were in their favour and they had it working at maximum capacity, it all depends on the current market rate they buy and sell at which changes changes more often than your own rate you pay them, often daily or multiple times a day.
I'll give it a year or so and see if I can get another tour to take pics of things I should have and didn't think to/couldn't at the time.
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Thanksverymuch.
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The TRRRSSSTS
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Thanksverymuch.
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Wait till 2013 and you'll be doing them a favour :grin:
Ridg, yes I was being lazy :tongue: I was dead tired and couldn't be bothered to resize them in photobucket or add the width and height parameters, but thanks for doing it.
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This is the Anti-Green Peace weapon of choice :grin: It now blocks the doors to the tallest tower they like to scramble up :grin:
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Some weirdo's go fishing at the base of the cooling towers :shocked: :sick: