Louise and her family were good enough to bring me back to York yesterday afternoon, after an excellent few days with them in south Lincolnshire. It was quite dull as we travelled along the A1(M) in West Yorkshire, passing this landmark which is soon to vanish.
This Ferrybridge power station was built in 1966, there having been two earlier power stations on the site. It was built to burn coal from local coal mines, and was fed both by train and barge. It was closed in 2016 as the drive to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions grew.
It once had eight cooling towers, with one demolished on 28 July 2019, and a further four on 13 October 2019, leaving just the three visible in this shot. They will soon be demolished, removing this landmark from the area.
Thank you all for your comments, they are very much appreciated.
For me these cooling towers have been a landmark on my journeys between my parents home and York for 50 years. The rail route runs immediaely to the left of the cooling towers. I will miss them, though I suspect others may not. This was one of three massive coal fired power stations along the valley of the River Aire. Only one survives, and that now mainly used biomass to generate it's power.
Ian
September 7th, 2020
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Soon to be a thing of the past.
Thank you all for your comments, they are very much appreciated.
For me these cooling towers have been a landmark on my journeys between my parents home and York for 50 years. The rail route runs immediaely to the left of the cooling towers. I will miss them, though I suspect others may not. This was one of three massive coal fired power stations along the valley of the River Aire. Only one survives, and that now mainly used biomass to generate it's power.
Ian