Cockenzie power station during demolition

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Cockenzie power station during demolition by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.

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Cockenzie power station during demolition

Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 8 May 2015

The foreground transformer building is still in use and has been modernised while the old coal powered power station is being demolished. Would it have hurt to keep the football pitch in use? Such a waste.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.967184
Longitude
-2.96583