Burmah oil refinery, Stanlow - derelict power house
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Burmah oil refinery, Stanlow - derelict power house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Dec 1983
This is probably the right grid square. Oil refineries are big, even a little one like this and it has long since been demolished. This shows a row of steam turbines driving alternators in the on-site power station. The site also had quite a few steam pumps and a couple of reciprocating steam engines gear driving pumps.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.28223
Longitude
-2.878875