{"id":486,"date":"2010-10-11T11:02:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T11:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2013-11-19T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T23:15:02","slug":"inverkip-power-station-part-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/power-stations\/inverkip-power-station-part-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Inverkip Power Station Part V"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since my last trip, and it was very good to see the old place again before demolition gets too far along.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know (where have you been?) Inverkip is a large oil-fired power station on the Firth of Clyde, built just before the oil crisis of the ’70s it was always a bit of a white elephant and only briefly reached full capacity during the miner’s strikes.<\/p>\n

First visit, while waiting for dawn, was to the control room:<\/p>\n

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Some rooms alongside the control room:<\/p>\n

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With dawn, up to the top of the boiler houses and working downwards.<\/p>\n

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Down to the boiler level:<\/p>\n

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Next, the turbine house:<\/p>\n

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Finally, some dismantling – these are giant valves from one of the turbines.<\/p>\n

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All images:<\/p>\n

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