2008

SD8218 : Completed Turbine Tower No 23 on Scout Moor

taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Waterfoot, Lancashire, England

Completed Turbine Tower No 23 on Scout Moor
Completed Turbine Tower No 23 on Scout Moor
June the 7th 2008 was an historic day on Scout Moor as construction of the wind farm came to an end.
At 13:00 the very last blade was attached to Turbine No 23 above.
Had the blade been attached just a few hours earlier in the morning it would have been in thick fog and not possible to photograph.
Construction of the wind turbines began back in November 2007 at Turbine No 16.
By June 2008 engineers had constructed 26 wind turbine towers and installed 78 turbine blades 450 metres above sea level on Scout Moor amid adverse weather conditions of thick fog, gale force winds, torrential rain, snow and ice during the winter months of 2008.
SD8218 : The Final Turbine Blade attached to Turbine No 23
SD8218 : Ground crew at Turbine No 23 on Scout Moor
SD8218 : Last Turbine Blade Delivery at Turbine No 23
SD8218 : Hub of Turbine No 23
SD8417 : Working on the hub 60 metres up.
SD7919 : Last Turbine Tower Delivery to Scout Moor

Turbine details: Tower Height: 60m
Blade Length: 40m Total Max Height: 100m
Manufacturer: Nordex
Model: N80

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Category: Wind farm
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Scout Moor Wind Farm Under Construction Automatic Clusters: · Scout Moor Wind Farm Official Opening [45] · Blade Attached [26] ·
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SD8218, 153 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Paul Anderson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 7 June, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 9 June, 2008
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 828 188 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.9562N 2:15.6436W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 827 188
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