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Location DB > England > Oxfordshire > Didcot > Didcot Power Stations
 Name
Didcot Power Stations
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 Database Info
created by Corvid on 7/9/2007 12:17 PM
last modified by mookster on 3/10/2019 6:40 PM
 Viewability
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
 Overview
 Description
Didcot A:
2000MW power station complex
Half old half modern control room
Huge turbine hall
80ft boiler house with 4 individual boilers
Coal mills
Coal handling plant
Flue gas plant
Ash handling facilities
198m main chimney
6 cooling towers
It's own heavy fuel oil 100MW power station

Didcot B:
1360MW CCGT power station
4 gas-fired turbines
Flue gas heat exchangers
Two 80m chimneys
Hybrid cooling “towers”

The main smoke stack is reportedly protected by a locked plate steel door, with an infrared camera watching, and possibly an alarm system too. Although the stack may be assessable via another route (as the Inverkip power station smoke stack was) this has yet to be confirmed.

The site has been almost completely demolished, with a few cooling towers, the chimney and a portion of the boilerhouse remaining. A severe industrial accident occurred when part of the boilerhouse collapsed unexpectedly, killing one demolition worker and trapping three (all now believed to have perished).
 Basic Information
Type: Power Station
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: forget it - demolished
 Physical Information
Address
Purchas Road
Didcot, Oxfordshire
England
Owner: RWE npower
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  •  Hazards
  • asbestos
  • air quality
  • the "system"
  •  Interesting Features
    Just about everything. Large coal fired power station and al the structures associated with it, 6 cooling towers, the 199m main chimney, ect.
     Security Measures
  • fences
  • barbed wire
  • razor wire
  • dogs
  • 24 hour guard
  • locked gates
  • welded doors
  • cameras
  • electric fence
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1968
    Closed: 0
     Required Equipment
  • flashlight
  • gloves
  • head protection
  • long pants / sleeves
  • eye/hearing protection
  •  Recommended Equipment
    camera
     History
    Building was started on the 2,000MW coal/gas-fired power station (four 500MW units) for the CEGB during 1964, and was completed in 1968 at a cost of £104m, with up to 2400 workers being employed at peak times. It is located on a 300 acre (1.2 km²) site formerly part of the Ministry of Defence Central Ordnance Depot. The main chimney is 650 ft (198 m) tall with the six cooling towers 325 ft (99 m) each.

    Didcot B is the newer sibling, constructed in the late 1990s, and uses Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT) to generate up to 1,360MW of electricity.
     Media Coverage
    http://www.bbc.co....didcot_power.shtml

    http://news.bbc.co...dshire/6114674.stm

    http://www.indepen...ence-a6893911.html

    http://www.telegra...ding-collapse.html
     Future Plans
    Didcot A stopped production on 22/03/2013, and is virtually completely demolished, although the main chimney still stands, get in there FAST!
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    Site Plans
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid
    2 pictures
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    Didcot "A"
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid
    24 pictures
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    Didcot "B"
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid
    10 pictures
     


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     Panoramas

    Control Room
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid


    Didcot "A" Turbine Hall 1
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid


    Didcot "A" Turbine Hall 2
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid


    Didcot "B" Walkway
    Wed, Jul 11th, 2007
    posted by Corvid
     Web Links
    http://www.npower....sits/didcot_a.html

    http://en.wikipedi...dcot_Power_Station
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    Coolness 10 / 10
    Content Quality 10 / 10
     Validation
    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Steed on 3/14/2019 6:10 AM.

     Latest Changes
  • on Mar 14 19 at 6:10, Steed validated this location
  • on Mar 10 19 at 18:40, mookster changed the following: Status
  • on Mar 10 19 at 18:40, mookster changed the following: Recommendation
  • on Feb 26 16 at 3:13, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Feb 25 16 at 18:00, Corvid changed the following: Media Coverage, Future Plans, Description
  • on Jan 5 15 at 15:18, Mike Dijital validated this location
  • on Jan 4 15 at 14:51, Corvid changed the following: Security Measures
  • on Jan 4 15 at 14:50, Corvid changed the following: Future Plans, Description
  • on Jun 30 14 at 8:51, Steed validated this location
  • on Nov 15 13 at 20:42, Corvid changed the following: Status, Accessibility
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