Grain Power Station from Grain Road
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Grain Power Station from Grain Road
Image: © Marathon Taken: 15 Aug 2013
The main road across the Hoo Peninsula is the A228 but after Grain Crossing it becomes the B2001 and only leads to Grain and Grain Power Station. Here it passes through an area which until 1982 was home to a major oil refinery. Construction of this facility for British Petroleum (now BP) took from 1948 to 1952. Most of this area is allocated for industrial and warehousing use under the Thames Gateway project and high fences line either side of the road. Grain Power Station, seen beyond the fence, was an oil-burning power station and was built in the 1970s. It was mothballed in 2003, but reopened in 2006. The chimney seen here is no more as it was blown up on 7th September 2016 - see http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/chimney-being-blown-up-at-101567/
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Image Location
Latitude
51.446593
Longitude
0.694674