Electricity Substation, Whiteley
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Electricity Substation, Whiteley
Image: © Peter Facey Taken: 3 Jun 2007
This converts 33 KV power from Botley Wood substation to 11 KV for distribution within Whiteley. Unusually, the transformers are walled in. The grey thing on the right is a radiator for cooling the oil of one of the two transformers.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.876284
Longitude
-1.249498