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June 23, 2011 03:58 pm PDT

Inside an abandoned coal power plant (photos from Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Photographer and Boing Boing reader Tom Blackwell shot a wonderful series of images from a visit to an abandoned coal power plant in the UK: the Thorpe Marsh Power Station. He shared them with us in the BB Flickr pool, and explains about the image above: I have only ever seen these from a great distance and was always aware of their vast magnitude, but the size becomes breathtakingly apparent when looking directly up at one. During regular operation they are filled with an array of equipment to assist with the cooling of the moisture that they vent; but many of the towers at Thorpe Marsh have been gutted of their innards and allow superb views right up through the interior. A few more below, with Tom's notes. Do have a look at the whole set in his Flickr stream....


Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/T2KsNaEgLvs/inside-a-nuclear-pow.html

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