2017

J4388 : Chimney, Kilroot power station (July 2017)

taken 7 years ago, near to Eden, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Chimney, Kilroot power station (July 2017)
Chimney, Kilroot power station (July 2017)
Kilroot power station sits, close to sea level, on the Antrim shore of Belfast Lough. The chimney’s height is 650 ft/198 metres – the same as Fawley SU4702 : Fawley Power Station and Eggborough SE5724 : Eggborough Power Station.
This view is from the old 300ft contour, at Quay Lane.
Kilroot power station, Carrickfergus

Kilroot power station was built between 1974 and 1982 with generation starting in 1981. The chimney, at 650ft, is the tallest structure (other than transmitting masts) in Northern Ireland. This link has more information about the station’s history LinkExternal link.


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Geographical Context: Energy infrastructure Place: Carrickfergus Primary Subject: Chimney other tags: Kilroot Kilroot Power Station Power Station Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Chimneys and chimney pots, Northern Ireland Automatic Clusters: · Chimney [8] · Shore of Belfast Lough [5] ·
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J4388, 36 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 20 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 20 July, 2017
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 438 885 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:43.4668N 5:46.0459W
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Irish: geotagged! J 465 909
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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