Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Redcar Steelworks Power Station, Teesside

One from October 2021 recently released for public consumption.

History

The power station was fuelled by a combination of gasses from the blast furnace and coke ovens - both by-products of the steelmaking process, supplied directly by pipeline. The resulting electricity was used to power the steelworks. 

The building is a combined power station and compressor house with three sets of two turbines and compressors, each of differing designs. The compressors provided high-pressure air for the steelmaking process, injected in to the blast furnace. The oldest two of turbine sets appears to have been out of commission for some time.

Source:
https://www.bcd-urbex.com/redcar-power-station/

Esoteric Eric











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