Ferrybridge 'C' Power Station

History

External taken the following morning.

The 'C' power station of the Ferrybridge trio began construction in 1961 to be finished by 1967. Despite 85mph wind causing collapses of three of the eight cooling towers in 1965, unit one was comissioned on 27th February 1966 with 2, 3 and 4 to follow the year after. The power station had four 500 MW generating sets as well as four gas turbines with a combined capacity of 68 MW. In 2014, a serious fire broke out at Ferrybridge's unit C, breaking out from the 4th generator, with unit 3 also harmed. The fire resulted in partial close of the structure. On 19th May 2015, SSE announced that the station would be closed by 31 March 2016, without Unit 4 reopening. The fire had caused irreversible damage meaning the station was a loss-making operation, estimated to lose more than £100 million over the next five years. Electricity generation was halted on the 23rd March 2016. The 6th cooling tower was demolished in mid-2019, followed by four more in October, leaving the empty power station with three still standing.

Thankfully the lights worked inside, but addicted to the immense property and it's industrial gold.

Looking over the turbine hall to the neighbouring active facility, with two of the remaining cooling towers in shot.

One of the huge boilers peeking around the corner.

The turbine hall was amazing although it was in a half-stripped state. The turbines seemed to less stripped in order of unit 4-1 - whether this relates to the fire which affected the 4th side more.

Unit 1 - the most complete.

Unit 3 was an interesting one, as it appeared to have been sliced in half. You could see all of the inner workings.

A couple more overviews of the hall.

Quite dark on the gantry crane.

Unblocked view across the hall.

Inside a crane cabin.

Although there was little signs of stripping whether by workers or metal thieves, the room still remained remarkably intact.

Close up of some gauges.

There was hardly any blue floor tiles left.

A final shot of the turbine hall in daylight. It clearly is in it's final days.