jST
07-08-2011, 08:41 PM
First of the sites on our Belgo-German road trip of last month - We rolled up to this enormous power station about 5am just as the minging drizzly dawn was breaking. It was absolutely mega, it has a huge museum part, which appears abandoned showcasing 1920's style turbines in a long row.
Our main focus was the later 1950's boiler house and turbine hall, featuring the massive Rateau - La Meuse Turbine.
We didn't spend long here, perhaps an hour and half tops, with hindsight I'd have loved to have spent a lot longer in there. So much to explore, including walking through a door in the back of one of the old control rooms into a long room full of buzzing switchgear... One for a re-visit I'm sure.
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6230.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6206.jpg
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http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6219.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6227.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6223.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6203.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6215.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6225.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6234.jpg
Cheers for having a look :thumb
Our main focus was the later 1950's boiler house and turbine hall, featuring the massive Rateau - La Meuse Turbine.
We didn't spend long here, perhaps an hour and half tops, with hindsight I'd have loved to have spent a lot longer in there. So much to explore, including walking through a door in the back of one of the old control rooms into a long room full of buzzing switchgear... One for a re-visit I'm sure.
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6230.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6206.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6197.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6212.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6219.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6227.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6223.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6203.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6215.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6225.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/jjstenson/Belgium%20Germany/IMG_6234.jpg
Cheers for having a look :thumb