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Crawley Reducing Station

Administered by Southern Energy, a small depot on Parish Lane. Used to regulate the pressure of gas supplied to the town, which I guess varies with demand over the year, and on daily cycles.

 

Funny how we don't tend to notice the full extent of the technology around us, that enables us to cook, keep warm, live our 'civilised' lives, and it often boils down to humble little shacks like this on the outskirts of 'civilisation'.

 

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Uploaded on October 18, 2009
Taken on October 18, 2009