SD8418 : First blade is attached
3 km from Waterfoot, Lancashire, Great Britain
First blade is attached
With the first blade now attached the cranes slowly release the cables leaving the hub to take the weight.
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
SD8418 : Connecting blade to the hub
SD8417 : Working on the hub 60 metres up.
SD8418 : View from the top of Turbine Tower No 10 looking North
Turbine details: Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N80
For more information about Scout Moor Wind Farm click on Link
Scout Moor Wind Farm Picture Gallery
Link
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
SD8418 : Connecting blade to the hub
SD8417 : Working on the hub 60 metres up.
SD8418 : View from the top of Turbine Tower No 10 looking North
Turbine details: Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N80
For more information about Scout Moor Wind Farm click on Link
Scout Moor Wind Farm Picture Gallery
Link
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- 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
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OSGB36:
SD 841 187 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.8993N 2:14.4809W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: SD 841 187
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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