Uffington No. 2
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Uffington No. 2
Image: © Mike White Taken: 10 Dec 2010
There are two similar installations in the same compound: Uffington nos 1 & 2. I'm grateful to Chris Hodrien for the following information about it. This is a gas pipeline pressure reduction station, known 'in the trade' as an 'AGI' (Above-Ground Installation, where (usually) PART of the total gas flow is branched-off at a lower pressure for the local towns and industry. There are several 100 such offtake points on the GB mainland. The pressure reduction/regulation valves are in the brick building on the left to protect them from the weather. This is a (standard UK) special explosion-resistant safety building with a lightweight roof that completely lifts-off to vent explosion pressures. (Gas compressor stations on the 70 bar high-pressure National Transmission System (NTS) are much bigger affairs, with gas engine-driven centrifugal compressors in large weather-proof containers).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.72258
Longitude
-2.698197