Ferrybridge “C”

For a long time now I have been wanting to photograph Ferrybridge power station and yesterday I made that time. I recently watched a program on BBC aptly named “keeping the lights on”.  But early in 2016 the Ferrybridge site will be turned off. It’s a sad end to such an iconic site that has stood here since the mid 1920s. It has dominated our skyline for decades and a landmark I recognize as not been far from home when returning from a holiday.
SSE who own the site are having to close it as it’s no longer viable due to cheaper imports of coal plus Britain’s need to cut emissions to which Ferrybridge can not meet. I will be sad to see another one of our British power stations close and probably some more in the near future. I agree we need more environmentally friendly energy and a huge investment of funds needs to be injected to alternative technology such as wind farms and I just hope these futuristic improvments can eventually meet the same output levels of our bygone era of Steam electric power generators.