Construction in progress at the Isle of Grain Power Station, showing the cooling water tunnels and pipework in the foreground

Date:
9 Jan 1973
Location:
Grain Power Station, Isle of Grain, Grain, Medway
Reference:
JLP01/08/093720
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Isle of Grain Power Station was an oil fired power station built in the 1970’s by multiple contractors, including John Laing and Son Ltd. When the power station opened in 1979, it had the second tallest chimney in the UK at 244 metres high. The power station has now been demolished and the chimney was destroyed in September 2016. A new Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station has been built at the site.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Oil Fired Power Station, Construction, People At Work