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

[boxfrenzy]

Excellent shots mate. The weather adds to the bleakness of the place. Love the train line one and colours on that wooden beam inside the tower.

[freebird]

Cool pics. What a bleak place! Nice one.

[KingElvis]

Great stuff Elvis...what's with the funky angles? Have you enrolled on a photography course or summat?

Cheeky git

[Moodster020]

Excellent shots-

Shall have to put this on the list of to do's & make a visit!

[andym]

Great stuff Elvis...what's with the funky angles? Have you enrolled on a photography course or summat?

No he's obviously been looking at some of my pics.....

[tictac]

my 6 year pld took some pictures of a working power station a few weeks back your almost as good as him KE

[KingElvis]

^^^^ ermmmm sorry, I don't understand :-)

[coops]

Nice pics as always mate ....well done.

[ERNIE99_UK]

Good to see you finally did it. Im fascinated by the echo you get when you shout inside one of them : "this used to be a marsh,marsh,,marsh,,,marsh"