March 11th – Rugeley power station remains hugely influential to me. I love it, it’s monolithic presence, its almost solitary standing, and sheer, unabated, industrial muscle. Renovated, and with exhaust gas cleaning plant now installed, it’s the cleanest coal-fired station in the UK. Its flue stack, which is the tall, slender chimney – held (and probably still does) the record for the tallest continuous wet cast concrete structure ever made. This is a new one, built when the station was upgraded in 2009. I’m in awe of this place, and today, despite the warm spring day, it seemed that both turbines were running full tilt.

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I told the truth - but told it bent. Wandering around bemused and ranty since 2007. View all posts by BrownhillsBob