SD8418 : Connecting blade to the hub
3 km from Waterfoot, Lancashire, Great Britain
Connecting blade to the hub
The huge blade is slowly moved towards the hub of the turbine tower 60 metres from the ground.
Inside of the hub an engineer waits to connect the blade with 64 huge nuts and bolts.
SD8417 : View from the top of Turbine Tower No 10 looking North West
SD8417 : Working on the hub 60 metres up.
SD8418 : Top section of turbine tower 21 being lifted into position
SD8418 : Top section of tower 21 is locked into position
SD8418 : The first blades arrive on site at tower number 21
SD8418 : Eight tons and forty metres long.
SD8418 : The first blade being lifted into position
SD8418 : One hundred and twenty feet up!
SD8418 : Nearly there
Turbine details: Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N80
For information about Scout Moor Wind Farm click on Link
Scout Moor Wind Farm Picture Gallery
Link
Inside of the hub an engineer waits to connect the blade with 64 huge nuts and bolts.
SD8417 : View from the top of Turbine Tower No 10 looking North West
SD8417 : Working on the hub 60 metres up.
SD8418 : Top section of turbine tower 21 being lifted into position
SD8418 : Top section of tower 21 is locked into position
SD8418 : The first blades arrive on site at tower number 21
SD8418 : Eight tons and forty metres long.
SD8418 : The first blade being lifted into position
SD8418 : One hundred and twenty feet up!
SD8418 : Nearly there
Turbine details: Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N80
For information about Scout Moor Wind Farm click on Link
Scout Moor Wind Farm Picture Gallery
Link
![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif)
| Interested in reusing this image? For example on your webpage, blog, a forum, or Wikipedia. | |||||
 |
Start a discussion on SD8418 |  |
Picture details need updating? |  |
Contact the contributor |
TIP: Click the map to open OS Get-a-Map
- Grid Square
- SD8418, 38 images (more nearby - lo-fi)
- Photographer
- Paul Anderson (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 12 December, 2007 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 13 December, 2007
- Category
- Wind turbine (more nearby)
- Subject Location
-
OSGB36:
SD 841 187 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.8939N 2:14.4718W - Photographer Location
-
OSGB36: SD 841 187
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
View this location:
KML (Google Earth),
Google Maps,
OS Get-a-map™,
OS Map Checksheet,
Geograph Map,
More Links for this image
,
OS Get-a-map™,
OS Map Checksheet,
Geograph Map,
More Links for this image
