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Upstream from the Falls, a weir extends out into the Niagara River, presumably to help draw water into the intake for a power generating station
Road along of a row of wind turbines on the top of the mountains, Spain.
© 2012 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.
A beautifully produced brochure, resplendent in a presentation envelope, and issued by the County of London Electric Suppl;y Company to commemorate the opening of their new power hous (power station) on the banks of the River Thames at Creekmouth in Barling. This great event took place on 19 May 1925 and, one strongly suspects, was the one time Royalty set foot at Creekmouth! The brochure has a potted history of the company that has been incorporated in 1891 to serve parts of South West London and some inner parishes adjacent to the City of London itself. These two supply areas were the reasoning behind their first two power stations at City Road, Islington and in Wandsworth.
The UK's fledgling electricial supply industry was rather an unholy mess with not just a multiplicity of supply undertakings (private and municipal) but also a wide range of supply voltages and phases. Some consolidation took place and the County of London Company was typical of the larger players in that they extended their supply area serviving a multiplicity of administrative areas that did not develop undertakings of their own as well as becoming 'bulk' suppliers of power to 'independent' undertakings. By the early 1920s their supply area had grown to cover much of East London and South Essex as seen on the map.
The construction fo Barking "A" as it would become known was first mooted in post-WW1 years to firstly increase capacity and also to ensure more thermally efficient production of supply than their older and smaller stations could obtain. The riverside plant allowed easy delivery of the coal fuel by river and allowed for the necessary cooling water. The designers and consultants were Merz & McLellan, the bulk of the equipment supplied by Vickers of Barrow and the turbines were by C A Parsons.
Barking was also effectively the outcome of increased co-operation the company had with three other closely connected concerns - the City of London Electric Lighting Company; the South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited; and the South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company Limited. This cooperation was something increasingly demanded of the industry by increased legislation and in 1926 the Central Electricity Board was formed. The CEB not only instituted the National Grid, interconnection requiring a national standard of production, but also 'designated' efficient stations. City Road was not, and closed in 1929, Wandsworth was and Barking saw expansion with the construction of the "B" section stage that was commissioned in 1933 and reached full capacity in 1939. The Company was nationalised in 1948 and it fell to the state to construct what was Barking "C" in 1954. Barking "A" was decommissioned in 1969, "B" in 1976 and finally "C" in 1981. The whole site was then cleared.
The brochure has a number of colour plates and sketches by artist Norman Howard as well as photographs of the plant. It is spledidly printed and produced by one of the better printing houses of the day, the esteemed George W Jones, at "The Sign of the Dolphin" in Gough Square, Fleet Street.
This sketch shows the heart of the station - the turbine hall. This consisted of four turb-alternator sets, two being composite and two independent ones. The turbines were manufacturered by C A Parsons & Co and ran at 3000 rpm delivering 3-phase 6600 volts AC at 50hz.
Another pic from one of our fabulous followers, our Scheuerle girder bridge heads to Eaton Socon Substation. Fantastic picture!
©2010 Gary L. Quay
The West Linn paper plant as seen from across the Willamette River in 2010. I took this picture with a large format camera and lens combination that needs to have the bellows extended at least 1 yard to focus at infinity.
Camera: Kodak Commercial 8x10
Lens: 760mm SK Grimes (APO-Nikkor optics)
Film: Ilford FP4+ developed in Kodak HC110
©2010 Gary L. Quay
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3rd September 2021
Camera: 1956 Linhof Super Technika III 4x5â.
Lens: Schneider 90mm Angulon f/6.8.
Film: Ilford Delta 100 4x5" black & white negative sheet.
Exposure: Metered 1 min @ f/22, adjusted 3 min; Focused to 1.5 metres.
Development: ID-11 1 + 3 21 min/20C.
More information about Waddamana may be obtained at the following links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddamana_Power_Stations
www.hydro.com.au/things-to-do/waddamana-heritage-site
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on the edge of the shore, facing the fossil fuel giants of the offshore rigs and tankers, these renewable energy wind turbines...
Springfield's municipally owned power generation and water filtration plants provide Springfield and surrounding communities with basic services. Stack 1 & 2 Dallman, stack 3 Dallman 4, stack 4 Lakeside (retired).
A beautifully produced brochure, resplendent in a presentation envelope, and issued by the County of London Electric Suppl;y Company to commemorate the opening of their new power hous (power station) on the banks of the River Thames at Creekmouth in Barling. This great event took place on 19 May 1925 and, one strongly suspects, was the one time Royalty set foot at Creekmouth! The brochure has a potted history of the company that has been incorporated in 1891 to serve parts of South West London and some inner parishes adjacent to the City of London itself. These two supply areas were the reasoning behind their first two power stations at City Road, Islington and in Wandsworth.
The UK's fledgling electricial supply industry was rather an unholy mess with not just a multiplicity of supply undertakings (private and municipal) but also a wide range of supply voltages and phases. Some consolidation took place and the County of London Company was typical of the larger players in that they extended their supply area serviving a multiplicity of administrative areas that did not develop undertakings of their own as well as becoming 'bulk' suppliers of power to 'independent' undertakings. By the early 1920s their supply area had grown to cover much of East London and South Essex as seen on the map.
The construction fo Barking "A" as it would become known was first mooted in post-WW1 years to firstly increase capacity and also to ensure more thermally efficient production of supply than their older and smaller stations could obtain. The riverside plant allowed easy delivery of the coal fuel by river and allowed for the necessary cooling water. The designers and consultants were Merz & McLellan, the bulk of the equipment supplied by Vickers of Barrow and the turbines were by C A Parsons.
Barking was also effectively the outcome of increased co-operation the company had with three other closely connected concerns - the City of London Electric Lighting Company; the South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited; and the South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company Limited. This cooperation was something increasingly demanded of the industry by increased legislation and in 1926 the Central Electricity Board was formed. The CEB not only instituted the National Grid, interconnection requiring a national standard of production, but also 'designated' efficient stations. City Road was not, and closed in 1929, Wandsworth was and Barking saw expansion with the construction of the "B" section stage that was commissioned in 1933 and reached full capacity in 1939. The Company was nationalised in 1948 and it fell to the state to construct what was Barking "C" in 1954. Barking "A" was decommissioned in 1969, "B" in 1976 and finally "C" in 1981. The whole site was then cleared.
The brochure has a number of colour plates and sketches by artist Norman Howard as well as photographs of the plant. It is spledidly printed and produced by one of the better printing houses of the day, the esteemed George W Jones, at "The Sign of the Dolphin" in Gough Square, Fleet Street.
This sketch by Norman Howard shows how coal was delivered by steamer to the riverside jetty and discharged by crane before being placed either into storage or directly to the boiler feed. Over 7,000 tons of coal a week was normally handled.
IMAGE INFO
- The internationally recognised independent state of Israel was proclaimed on 14th May 1948 [incorporating the city of Tel Aviv].
- Viewpoint is looking north-north-east.
- October 2011 Google Street View comparative viewpoint:
maps.app.goo.gl/D8cFxEYm5arJC7tBA
- The 1930s vintage Tel Aviv Port lighthouse can be seen at left of pic behind the breakwater [still standing].
- The original image can be reasonably dated to Circa 1939, since construction of the power station was not completed until 1938.
- From Wikipedia -
"The station features an impressive 1930s era architectural facade which has been restored to its original condition. A preservation project is under way to restore the main generating hall, Reading A, which dates from the 1950s. In 2011, a 60-dunam (15-acre) park was dedicated west of Reading with paved paths linking the site to Tel Aviv Port and the northern beach boardwalk". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Power_Station
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SOURCE INFO
- The original real photo card (1 from a pack of 12) was purchased by my late father-in-law, Driver Tom Beazley, 2/8 Infantry Battalion, 6th Division, 2nd Australian Imperial Force, whilst on leave in Tel Aviv.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner.
- Initially restored from the original hand-coloured card quality using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 (note - I decided to remove the effect of the original poorly applied daubs of pastel water colour, as I felt the messy splashes of colour detracted significantly from some of the finer details in the photo).
- Latest version colourized & re-processed using AI software.
Dad and I recently went for another visit - on a brilliantly bright day - to Whitelee Wind Farm, the largest onshore wind farm in the British Isles (covering some 55 square kilometres of moorland just southwest of Glasgow).
There are some 215 of these enormous Siemens wind turbines, which stand some 65 metres tall (110 metres if you include the rotors at full height arc), and those enormous blades create a rotor diameter of 93 metres. Quite staggering to stand right underneath one as the blades turn in slow rhythm above your head, whooomp, whooomp, whooomp...
Very impressive bits of kit when you get right up close, and as the moorland just south of Glasgow (near Eaglesham village, where, famously, Rudolph Hess bailed out on his bizarre mission during the Second World War) has had some 90km of looping paths and tracks for walkers (and their dogs!), cyclists and horse riders to enjoy - the turbines go right out of site, covering such a large area. Glasgow Science Centre runs an annexe here, providing the visitor centre, especially good for letting younger visitors fiddle with things to learn what's going on.
View of one of two giant chimney stacks inside the power plant building. Below, an exterior view of the two stacks spewing emissions into a winter sky.
Utilising our specialist Girder Bridge trailer, the Collett team delivered a 160 Tonne Turbine and a 120 Tonne Generator across a 78-mile journey from the Port of Tilbury to the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility in Stewartby.
[Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran] Four massive turbines of the Shahid Rajai Combined Cycle Gas power station near Qazvin, a key power plant of the Iranian electrical grid, if not the one with the largest output of power. Until recently, the power plant dedicated to the second president of the Islamic Republic, Mohammad Ali Rajai, generated as much as 8-10% of all the electricity of the country and is property of the private company MAPNA.
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First experiements with the Lumix S5. Still learning how to use it properly. Next time I definitely need to set ISO manually to avoid so much noise.
Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station at night.
North Leverton windmill was built in 1813 by local farmers to mill their grain. The mill is located in North Leverton, Nottinghamshire. The mill has three floors and is built to the Lincolnshire style. It has four patent shuttered sails mounted on a cross, an Ogee cap and an eight bladed fantail.
Brand new DL36 heads up Puttapa Bank on its first revenue run to Leigh Creek with an almost all-green empty coal train. The DL did both the empty and loaded runs unassisted in a show of confidence in the new loco. March 17, 1988
Two 215 Tonne super grid transformers head to Scotland, as our Team complete deliveries to the Kintore substation extension project.
Heading from GE’s Stafford facility, the Collett Team travel via Ellesmere Port undertaking all transport, shipping and installation operations to safely deliver both of the 8 metre long cargoes to Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The now Offline Dungeness "A" in the foreground, and the Online Dungeness "B" in the background, taken from the RHDR Car Park at Dungeness.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad's Streamliners B61, GM27, S317, GM10 and S302 trundle their consist of empty coal wagons past the now de-commissioned Port Augusta power station with #4578 coal wagon transfer from Port Augusta, SA to Lithgow in New South Wales.
A beautifully produced brochure, resplendent in a presentation envelope, and issued by the County of London Electric Suppl;y Company to commemorate the opening of their new power hous (power station) on the banks of the River Thames at Creekmouth in Barking. This great event took place on 19 May 1925 and, one strongly suspects, was the one time Royalty set foot at Creekmouth! The brochure has a potted history of the company that has been incorporated in 1891 to serve parts of South West London and some inner parishes adjacent to the City of London itself. These two supply areas were the reasoning behind their first two power stations at City Road, Islington and in Wandsworth.
The UK's fledgling electricial supply industry was rather an unholy mess with not just a multiplicity of supply undertakings (private and municipal) but also a wide range of supply voltages and phases. Some consolidation took place and the County of London Company was typical of the larger players in that they extended their supply area serviving a multiplicity of administrative areas that did not develop undertakings of their own as well as becoming 'bulk' suppliers of power to 'independent' undertakings. By the early 1920s their supply area had grown to cover much of East London and South Essex as seen on the map.
The construction fo Barking "A" as it would become known was first mooted in post-WW1 years to firstly increase capacity and also to ensure more thermally efficient production of supply than their older and smaller stations could obtain. The riverside plant allowed easy delivery of the coal fuel by river and allowed for the necessary cooling water. The designers and consultants were Merz & McLellan, the bulk of the equipment supplied by Vickers of Barrow and the turbines were by C A Parsons.
Barking was also effectively the outcome of increased co-operation the company had with three other closely connected concerns - the City of London Electric Lighting Company; the South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited; and the South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company Limited. This cooperation was something increasingly demanded of the industry by increased legislation and in 1926 the Central Electricity Board was formed. The CEB not only instituted the National Grid, interconnection requiring a national standard of production, but also 'designated' efficient stations. City Road was not, and closed in 1929, Wandsworth was and Barking saw expansion with the construction of the "B" section stage that was commissioned in 1933 and reached full capacity in 1939. The Company was nationalised in 1948 and it fell to the state to construct what was Barking "C" in 1954. Barking "A" was decommissioned in 1969, "B" in 1976 and finally "C" in 1981. The whole site was then cleared.
The brochure has a number of colour plates and sketches by artist Norman Howard as well as photographs of the plant. It is spledidly printed and produced by one of the better printing houses of the day, the esteemed George W Jones, at "The Sign of the Dolphin" in Gough Square, Fleet Street.
This plate shows the all important coal conveyor that moved the fuel used to fire the boilers between the river side and boiler house.
Nevada Northern Railway's 401 was sold to the Los Angeles Water & Power Company for use at the Intermountain Power Plant. It usually sits idle, most of the work it was meant to do handled by trackmobiles now. Nevada Northern will eventually get it back, likely sometime after the coal infrastructure is demolished.
Intermountain Power Project Delta Plant, 24 August 2024.
West Burton A Power Station ~5.5km away.
First experiment with a DIY 400mm lens. ISO 100, 1/1250.
In case you're wondering, "DIY" means it's a small (70x400) refractor telescope combined with a couple of 3D printed adapters to make an utter monstrosity that goes on the front of my D3200. The focus is a little off due to the large manual focusing mechanism of the "lens".
I have minorly adjusted exposure and saturation in GIMP as well as using a clever plugin to lessen the effects of chromatic abberation as these were previously quite noticeable.
West Burton has two cooling towers that particularly stand out to me more than the others. The yellow tower, and the ribbed tower (as I refer to them, for obvious reasons), both of which are visible and quite noticeable here.
Last hours of coal and oil-fired power generation before Didcot A Power Station closes. Gas-powered Didcot B continues, but does not use the cooling towers. The last of the steam before shut-down the next day.
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Two 215 Tonne super grid transformers head to Scotland, as our Team complete deliveries to the Kintore substation extension project.
Heading from GE’s Stafford facility, the Collett Team travel via Ellesmere Port undertaking all transport, shipping and installation operations to safely deliver both of the 8 metre long cargoes to Aberdeenshire, Scotland.