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KingElvis
12-02-2009, 05:26 PM
This is what little remains of Hartshead Generating Station (Opened 1926 Closed 1975) otherwise know as Stalybridge Power Station. The towers and most of the major structures are long gone although the foundations remain. The bottom of the cooling towers are now giant ponds which the wildlife seem to love, they will probably mutate or something.

The office building and some kind of high voltage switching room remain on the site but in a very derelict condition. The loading shed for coal trains and its huge conveyor belt still stand on the hill behind the station ruins. The major structures were demolished in the 1980s.

I love this place but I don't think I have ever seem anyone else explore it, shame as it's a good site. The light was fantastic this afternoon with a very orange sun.


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