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Boilerhouse

Blue Power Station Carsid Base of the boilers.

Blue Power Station Carsid Base of the boilers.

Blue Power Station Carsid: We work our way up the boilerhouse.

Blue Power Station Carsid: We work our way up the boilerhouse.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Some big pump like things with crazy colours.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Some big pump like things with crazy colours.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Some cladded pipework.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Some cladded pipework.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A closer look at the cladded pipework.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A closer look at the cladded pipework.

Blue Power Station Carsid: As we head up the pipework gets bigger.

Blue Power Station Carsid: As we head up the pipework gets bigger.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Early morning light catches the big pipe.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Early morning light catches the big pipe.

Now I normally only take a few images in a boilerhouse but the top floor here is something else!!

Blue Power Station Carsid: Huge cladded pipes covered in decay with rusty chimneys heading up to the ceiling.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Huge cladded pipes covered in decay with rusty chimneys heading up to the ceiling.

Blue Power Station Carsid: More huge pipes and the rusty chimney.

Blue Power Station Carsid: More huge pipes and the rusty chimney.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Crazy decay covers the cladding here.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Crazy decay covers the cladding here.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up at the big chimney and decayed cladding.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up at the big chimney and decayed cladding.

Blue Power Station Carsid: This for just one of the three boilers.

Blue Power Station Carsid: This for just one of the three boilers.

Blue Power Station Carsid: There were three exhaust units in total, another one is just to my left.

Blue Power Station Carsid: There were three exhaust units in total, another one is just to my left.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The chimeny of the third boiler and the central one in the background.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The chimeny of the third boiler and the central one in the background.

Blue Power Station Carsid: So much decay everywhere.

Blue Power Station Carsid: So much decay everywhere.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Small pipes and valves.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Small pipes and valves.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Another view of the central boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Another view of the central boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Between the exhausts of the boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Between the exhausts of the boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Base of the central boiler exhaust.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Base of the central boiler exhaust.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up at the central boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up at the central boiler.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up even more.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Looking up even more.

Turbine Hall

Blue Power Station Carsid: After an awkward climb and a tight squeeze we get in to the turbine hall.

Blue Power Station Carsid: After an awkward climb and a tight squeeze we get in to the turbine hall.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Head of an ACEC turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Head of an ACEC turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Lots of dials on this turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Lots of dials on this turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: There was a huge puddle so made use of it while shooting this old Ingersoll Rand turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: There was a huge puddle so made use of it while shooting this old Ingersoll Rand turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Nameplate of the Oerlikon turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Nameplate of the Oerlikon turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid:Overview of the turbine hall. The large blue turbine ia a 75MW Escher Wyss Oerlikon turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid:Overview of the turbine hall. The large blue turbine ia a 75MW Escher Wyss Oerlikon turbine.

Blue Power Station Carsid: At the end of the turbine hall is a small control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: At the end of the turbine hall is a small control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: So i Popped on its roof for a shot.

Blue Power Station Carsid: So i Popped on its roof for a shot.

Modern Boilerhouse.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The modern boilerhouse had a simple control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The modern boilerhouse had a simple control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Pretty standard really.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Pretty standard really.

Blue Power Station Carsid: I went up to the top floor of the boilerhouse and found nothing of interest.

Blue Power Station Carsid: I went up to the top floor of the boilerhouse and found nothing of interest.

Main Control Room.

Blue Power Station Carsid:The control room housed a large control desk and the wall was fairly full too.

Blue Power Station Carsid:The control room housed a large control desk and the wall was fairly full too.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The control desk had many dials.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The control desk had many dials.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Closer central view of the control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: Closer central view of the control room.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The centre of the control panel was dial central.

Blue Power Station Carsid: The centre of the control panel was dial central.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A good look at those dials. Yes there was still power in there.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A good look at those dials. Yes there was still power in there.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A look at the control wall.

Blue Power Station Carsid: A look at the control wall.

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