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Dungeness Power

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:04:53 +0000

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The two closed nuclear power stations at Dungeness, Kent.

To the left Dungeness A is a legacy Magnox power station consisting of two 250 MWe reactors which were connected to the National Grid in 1965 and reached its end of life in 2006. Its decommissioning is being managed by Nuclear Restoration Services.

At the right Dungeness B is an advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) power station consisting of two 520 MWe reactors, which began operation in 1983 and 1985. They were the first in a series of AGR reactors to be constructed across the UK. In March 2009, unexpected problems discovered during a maintenance shutdown on unit B21 resulted in the reactor remaining offline for nearly 18 months. In 2015, the plant received upgrades and was given a second ten-year life extension to 2028. In September 2018, as both units were shut down for a scheduled maintenance outage, operator EDF (Électricité de France) encountered "significant and ongoing technical challenges" which ultimately led to the announcement of its closure on 7 June 2021.

Debenhams

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:54:28 +0000

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The former Debenhams shop in Eastbourne stands forlorn and unloved but it does have these two domes on a 1911 dated portion of the building.

Upcast

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:44:07 +0000

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Upcast shaft headgear at the preserved Pleasley Colliery, Derbyshire.

Gone

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:30:52 +0000

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The iconic Big Mill at Leek was part of the Wardle & Davenport Belle Vue Mills complex. It was built in 1857 and stood empty for over twenty years whilst plans to convert the building to apartments were discussed. On 27th March 2026 some idiot burned it down.

Church Farm Enginehouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:52:32 +0000

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The Church Farm Deep Pit worked two seams at depths of 215ft and 229ft. The pits stopped work in 1815 and it wasn't until 1875 that reopening was begun. A 50 inch Cornish pumping engine was installed in this house in 1880-81 and srained the colliery until it was finally abandoned in 1891. One of several extant enginehouses visited during the recent Early Engines Conference in Bristol.

Super Cinema

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:54:04 +0000

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The Longford Super Cinema at Stretford opened on 12th October 1936. The art deco design was by architect Harry Elder. The 2,000 seat cinema closed in 1965 and was subsequently used as a bingo hall and club.It has been disused since 1995 and awaits a new use. It is listed Grade II.

Rusty gas

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:08:07 +0000

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The surviving gasholder at Great Yarmouth was built in 1884 to the design of the consulting engineer Robert P Spice of London for the Great Yarmouth Gas Company.

National Grid has a national programme agreed with OFGEM to bring redundant sites such as these back into use, but the Grade II Listed status of the Victorian gasholder and its condition requires a different approach. Following detailed technical assessments it was agreed that the tank at the bottom of the gasholder should be removed and the large visible frame should then be refurbished in-situ. Work was due to start at the end of 2025.

Hulme's Pit

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:38:55 +0000

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Hulme's Pit alongside the river Tame in Denton. It is reputed to have opened in c.1730 but it is known that it was operated by the Fletcher family (Denton Colliery Company) who eventually used it as a pumping station to drain water from their mine workings. A beam engine was installed here before 1834, prior to the pit being taken over by Denton Colliery It was used for both winding (men and coal) and pumping. It raised water from a depth of 420 feet at a boiler pressure of five pounds per square inch. Steam was supplied by two Cornish boilers. In the early 1920s it was recorded that it removed eight gallons of water per stroke at six strokes per minute. It worked 4½ hours a day, 7 days a week and it consumed three tons of coal per week. This means that it raised 4,730,400 gallons of water from the workings of Denton Colliery every year for a coal consumption of 156 tons. The pit closed in 1929/30, at the same time as Denton Colliery, and the beam engine was scrapped in the early 1930s. All the buildings associated with the pit were subsequently demolished but the surviving stone foundations of the pit were excavated in the 1970s.

Haig Pit

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:49:43 +0000

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Haig Pit at Whitehaven was sunk in 1914 and closed in 1986. The surviving buildings at the pithead were incorporated into a mining museum but this closed in 2016.

Rhydymwyn

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:06:42 +0000

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Building at the Rhydymwyn Valley Works near Mold. This large site was used for the processing of poison gas munitions during WWII. The finished shells and bombs were stored in nearby tunnels.

Winding drum

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:30:31 +0000

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Robey winder at the Florence ironstone mine at Egremont in Cumbria.

Plastics

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:32:45 +0000

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This plastics manufacturing plant at Siddick was opened by Eastman Kodak in the early 1980s and was later acquired by Indorama Ventures PCL. It produced around 160,000 tonnes pa of PET granules. mainly used in the forming of plastic bottles. As Asian competition increased the plant became uneconomic and production was first halved and then stopped completely in early 2014. The site was mothballed in hope of better times until Indorama decided in 2017 that it would not reopen. Demolition was completed during 2018.

Cathy Wells

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:29:01 +0000

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Disused shop on High Street in the centre of the Cumbrian vilage of Cleator Moor.

Red

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:22:55 +0000

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Abandoned smallholding at Cramer Gutter on Catherton Common in south Shropshire.

Upcast shaft

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:11:59 +0000

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Top of the upcast shaft at Clipstone Colliery. When the pit closed in 2003 the shafts were 1006 yards deep.

Annesley

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:42:58 +0000

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Sinking Annesley Colliery commenced in January 1865 with two 13ft diameter shafts reaching the Top Hard seam at a depth of 420 yards in 1867. During the First World War the shafts were deepened to the Deep Soft/Deep Hard seams at 580 yards. It became part of the Annesley-Bentinck complex in April 1988 and the early 1990s saw record output from the Blackshale seam. Despite being highly profitable it was put on care and maintenance in 1994 and was restarted having passed to Coal Investments in 1995. That company went into liquidation in 1996 and from then until closure it was operated by Midlands Mining Limited. Demolition was well underway when I photographed the No.2 headstocks over the upcast shaft in 2008.

1903

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:27:25 +0000

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Abandoned light industrial premises dated 1903 in terracotta on Ludgate Hill in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.

Luxembourg steel

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 06:53:32 +0000

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Disused building at the perimeter of the ArcelorMittal Steelworks at Differdange in Luxembourg. This works uses electric arc furnaces to produce beams, bars and heavy sections. It has a worldwide reputation for wide flange beams.

Klondyke Works

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:49:20 +0000

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The Klondyke Works were built in 1899 in the village of Newhall in South Derbyshire with Bretby Brick & Stoneware Company being formed in 1909. Brick production ceased in the 1930s but the company carried on manufacturing stoneware items including sanitary ware and finally concentrated on stoneware pet bowls until final closure in 1995.

Lockers

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:13:33 +0000

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Abandoned staff lockers at the Loxley refractory brickworks.