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skin
25-02-2009, 06:23 PM
Inverkip power station is an oil-fired power station in Inverclyde, on the west coast of Scotland. It is actually located closer to Wemyss Bay than Inverkip and dominates the local area with its 778 foot (236m) chimney, the third tallest in the UK and Scotland's tallest free-standing structure. Construction began for the then South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) in 1970 of what was to be Scotland's first oil-fired power station. However, the soaring price of oil as a result of the 1973 oil crisis meant that by the time construction was completed generation was uneconomical. It was therefore never utilised to anything near capacity with 1200MW being mothballed and the remaining capacity being used to satisfy peak demand. A notable exception was during the miners' strike of 1984/5 when low coal supplies prompted operation at capacity. Generation ceased in January 1988.This facility is now owned by the privatised ScottishPower utility group and is maintained in a mothballed condition as part of the strategic reserve. While it is not listed by ScottishPower as being available for generation, demolition is scheduled for 2009 and the site will be cleared for housing and small business development.


The Station
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Chimney from centre roof
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Centre roof
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Inverkip Village
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Walkways
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The Turbine Hall
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Stairway up
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Crazy stairs down
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Turbine hall
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Turbines
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Boilers
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Control Room
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just awesome !!!!

Alir147
25-02-2009, 06:29 PM
this for me would be my urbex mecca. Hope to see it before it goes.

brilliant photos man!

boxfrenzy
25-02-2009, 06:38 PM
That's great mate, and really good pictures too. Love the control panel.

Gorecki
25-02-2009, 07:14 PM
I'm super excited and happy you made it in here!!!
I knew you wouldn't let the team down =]

bootsy
25-02-2009, 07:36 PM
cool pics:thumb loving the Crazy stairs down

BB
25-02-2009, 10:43 PM
*The hat comes off*

How can i describe this???

One word.....MEGA!!!!

Cool stuff mate :thumb

Sandman
25-02-2009, 11:23 PM
nice work :thumb
Its looking more and more stripped everytime I see it.
The 2 generators are now both missing the end sections where as before I think it was just the orange/red one.

Bet you didnt find any sandwiches in the control room tho :lol:
(theres a couple of people on here who will know what I mean ;) )

KingElvis
26-02-2009, 09:27 AM
Nice work mate and lovely clear pictures :thumb

Any way up the chimney at the moment?

Dr.Doo
26-02-2009, 11:08 AM
great work mate...a totally amazing place. :thumb

skin
26-02-2009, 04:14 PM
Any way up the chimney at the moment?

The chimney - when I accessed it was really dark - what little I saw there was all sealed up real tight.

Thanks for all the comments - the pics up here are jpegs straight off the camera (who needs photoshop) really Im at work and dont have access to editing software,

Sandman
26-02-2009, 08:51 PM
afaik the chimney is sealed up tighter than a very tight thing.
Big gates...steel sheet...big padlock...big chain

Cuban Bloodhound
26-02-2009, 11:21 PM
Never tire of seeing pictures of this place, I think the sandwiches were replaced with a big chocolate chip muffin ;)

ERNIE99_UK
27-02-2009, 01:49 AM
WOW, that really is something. Its many peoples dream to visit something as mint as that.

skin
28-02-2009, 11:35 AM
Never tire of seeing pictures of this place, I think the sandwiches were replaced with a big chocolate chip muffin ;)


Thats gone already - I was hoping for some lunch - someone beat me to it. :D looks like they left payment for it though.

Rebel
28-02-2009, 12:09 PM
:lol: Knicking his lunch again. Fantastic set of photos :thumb

sqwasher
28-02-2009, 02:43 PM
Jeez that's immense! :ohmySuper pics & sounds like you're well made up about it too! (So you should be! :thumb) Nice one!

hayabusa
28-02-2009, 04:23 PM
great pics and work mate