Glad you guys were in proper respirators, it’s so important the rubber mask fits to the face and has FFP3 filters when you’re dealing with asbestos. One fibre can cause mesothelioma, my uncle painfully died of it. Thanks for taking the risk to share a place which none of us will ever see.
Although it is generally true that one fibre can theoretically cause cancer it does require some genetic susceptibility and some bad luck, also exposure and smoking more than doubles the risk. I'm 50 and working in engineering in England, everyone I work with their 60s knows a few people who have died from asbestos related diseases or lung cancer which was also likely related but formally undiagnosed. More frighteningly they tell stories of throwing the stuff about like snowballs when they were apprentices... Asbestos is in the environment in small amounts, not just from old asbestos sources. For example before 2020 it was common for baby talcum powder to be contaminated with Asbestos, primally because a small amount comes out of the same mineral deposits and needs careful separation when mined... which is expensive... and the government rarely tests for contamination. It turns out trusting the manufacturer, may have been somewhat poor decision. In the video it looks very damp and undisturbed, so much of the asbestos would not have been airborne, unless it was disturbed. However it is worth being very careful not to raise dust off your coveralls when you get undressed. Basically don't get too worried, something is going to get you, and generally asbestos is now one of the lower risks when compared with, for example driving, or worrying too much about about stuff.
I appreciate your experience, but I’d say asbestos is a bit more deadly than driving. Blue and brown are obviously far worse than white. But in this explore, you can clearly see dust blowing across the cameras at one point in the bright light and it could contain anything. The point is, with the right gear, we can reduce or eliminate risk. Hospital workers and teachers in the UK are no stranger to mesothelioma. @@BitTwisted1
10:45 Those big cylinders are the Co2 Drenching system for each of those transformer rooms . Usually there was a bunch of fire wires that would burn out at a set temperature and would break a circuit and trigger the drenching system . And usually the doors might have an auto shut system , they some times put self contained breathing apparatus sets inside these rooms for any one that might not have got out . Usually there was a time delay long enough for any one to get out before the doors shut , if you have ever seen a transformer go off you are running out or sadly never getting out . I have seen mass discharge of Co2 and one the noise is very loud , two it's damn cold and three with out the help of some self contained breathing apparatus your in a world of hurt . If you have ever set off a hand held co2 extinguisher you will understand the noise is loud , some people have been known to drop it at that sound . Also Co2 on discharge gets very cold , if you hold that extinguisher in the wrong place or get hit by the discharge you can get dry ice burns or your hand stuck to the extinguisher . The people that worked here would have had training and in your place of work you should have had training on fire drills and what to do in the event of fire and the extinguishers .
One of my absolute favorites guys. !!!! I have told you before how much I love the power plants. But the fact that It was dug out and created is an engineering marvel. Thank you so much.....!
Alistair thanks for probably the most breathtaking of your videos to date. Thank you for a superb production. I'm enjoying your latest magazine it has a place of pride on my table. All the best well done
14:48 those Diesel Generators are huge ,bigger than anything I have ever seen . I once had the opportunity to look around a Fuel Tanker , the Maersk Ascension which is now probably scrapped and long gone . We when into the engine room and there was this hatch removed and a circular room inside covered in oil , we obviously never went in but when asked what we thought it was by the engineer . He said it was one of cylinders of the engine !!! . Mad , thank you to the Maersk Ascension crew for showing us around and the many beers and fun conversations we had . Where ever you are now , thank you .
Wow Alistair, what a fantastic explore, and along with all the rusting steel in that complex, I have to say you had balls made of it 🙂. As a father I have to say my heart was in my mouth for you, but I know you all try and be as safe as possible to bring us such wonderful videos as this one, and so pleased that you were able to find an alternative access point to get the rest of the lads in also. Great to see so much British engineering but sad to think where we once lead the world, we have slipped back so much. Thanks.
Parsons was taken over by Seimens some time ago but part of the original factory on Tyneside is still open and repairing old Parsons generators (albeit under the Seimens name).
Brilliant video , English Electric were a very famous company based in Newton Le Willows and specialised in Diesel engines , electrical equipment and Locomotives I belive the last development of their Locomotive Diesel engine was installed in the Class 56 locomotive which was developed by Ruston Paxman another huge company, the EE Vulcan foundry site has now been swept away with hardly a trace remaining.
Sadly much of our railway manufacturing companies are long gone, only to be replaced with even more housing or Burger King, junk food establishments, take a look at the video on the Staverly Iron works in Chestershire..now completely vanished...😢
This place is so massive! Just think for one moment, if it were all cleaned up, supplies and equipment replaced with modern tech, the options for this are almost endless! Of course that takes exceptional ingenuity, planning, skills, administration and of course money. If I could "buy" it, and do what I liked with it, I would! Edit: Except I just learned at the end of your video, that place has been used for ASBESTOS storage that was removed from other places all around. That was a horrible move, in my opinion! The "fast," answer to dispose of asbestos is almost never the right, or best answer. I've seen 2 other Explores done at this location. What fascinates me so much, is just how structurally sound the entire place is, underground. I'm really glad you got to experience this place! Thanks very much for documenting all of this for historical record. Wonderful photography - that's not easy to do!
Thanks for the lovely comment. It would be some challenge to fix the site up now, especially after the recent storage inside. And yes, although in areas, it is close to busy surroundings, it does stay extremely noise tight. Almost surreal to walk through only to hear your own breaths…
Fantasic explore guys, imagine getting lost in there, or you lose your light🤪 that place in pitch black after you have gone, makes you think...😮 Those Parsons turbines look very similar to those of the old Hayle power station in Cornwall, bet they are all seized up by now, this place will exist long after we have all gone...
Was just reading that this place is going to be re-used. The plan is to install large scale battery storage for renewable energy sources to serve the island. Hopefully that won’t mean too much of the historic kit will be lost but it is good that the place will be returned to use as part of the energy supply infrastructure for the island, which is what is what built for originally. If it is stripped out though, all the more important that this document exists. Great explore Alistair. I’ll be rewatching this one for sure.
Interesting, it’s great that a place that harmed the environment and then stored hazardous asbestos can still be used for a renewable benefit. Glad you enjoyed this episode!
You asked what was this room with battery was. This was a battery room for the back up for the computer. If the power was some how lost, you need the computer to get it back on line and this was the battery backup for those computers. Awesome video.
Old tranformers is where they were stepping up the voltage from 2500v to 275 000 v for pylon distribution. if it was built in the 60s it wil output 415 000v it all looks 1950s
The un-know things are glass bodied batteries (lead acid) use in racks each been 2volt and wired in series to give 50 or 110volt for control circuits, usually emergency tripping or “black start”
Dead brave of you being on your own! I’d have been cacking me pants lad 😂was waiting for you to walk into another section and there be someone crouching down in the corner or some shit 😱 In all though what a top place to explore! I visited Leningrad 1 in Sosnovy Bor, Russia in 2008. Seems a lifetime ago but that was super bloody scary! And the control rooms were insane!!! The sister power station is where I live in Morecambe/Heysham and although that’s functional you can book a tour and see it fully operational. A stark but awesome contrast! Thanks guys x Thanks for another great explore!
12:00 The last time I saw equipment like these transformers and so on was in black and white on BBC2 at about six thirty each morning at Christmas~time æons ago. Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless filmed at the same time as these rusty leviathans were made. Those fuses 17:56 !
The island has many miles of underground tunnels most of which date back to when the forts were constructed by the Knights of St John. The island is steeped in history and played a vital part in WWII and was saved from oblivion by the combined efforts of the British Armed Forces who used the tunnels as "War Rooms" . Those areas are open to the public and over the years more and more have been opened up. The island's capital has a tunnels beneath it which served as air-raid shelters during WWII and periodically they are opened up for visitors. Fort Maneol is also worth a visit as it also has many underground tunnels, some of which are sealed off but I was once told by a local diver that they can be accessed from the harbour at low water.
The asbestos in this old power must have been huge . Still looking at it the fuse boxes would have had asbestos insulation and of cause any pipe lagging . Be careful but im sure you know that .
You mentioned whilst alone it wasn't possible to give a human for size comparison. Have you considered either popping the cameraon a tripod or flat surface... you could frame the item you wanted (say the diesel engine powered turbines you first see) walk by in shot, then just come back and collect the camera. Can interleave these shots into your vid 😉
Yes that is absolutely true! I’m not a huge fan of tripod shots, I prefer the natural shake of it being handheld, especially in our videos. I also was fairly strapped for time, so didn’t have chance.
25:20 3000k.v. kilo volts... that's a 3'000'000 step up transformer from 11'000 volts. able to singularly feed 25000 volts up to 10'000 miles away aka: 250volt 100amp, enough to relight the gas furnace on your local stations power grid section... otherwise it has a 11000 volt 272amp output in currant standings. -150 miles for every house on it to modern standards only being 50 powered houses in the whole town, so its good for a city sector with 10 working shops "manufacturing units", was.
similar size nuclear station could be in Ukraine, yet be running a powered service thru all of Russia clear thru to Alaska down to a shop in Montana running a welder to fix some shop things/machinery. but they have to tell 300 million people to turn off there thing for a few hours... the very last in line on grid, does it work?
5:35 Permission or no, in the era in which we find ourselves, and taking as a first example, just the air quality seen from this point on in the latest spine tingler from the boys; there's no way that even a guided tour of a small group of experienced explorers would conquer the EU, CHR and H&S regs and the insurance hurdles, let alone the unthinking opinionated monster that we're blindly being digested by that is social media *. The power of the internet with a dollop of your information added quickly got me to the pages on this place. There's even a bloody Trip Advisor review of it! (Two stars in case you're interested) * Once upon a time walkway 17:23 half-heartedly marked out by the little posts someone's roped it off with; notwithstanding.
They are glass bodied batteries - (lead acid) usually in banks and racks to provide 50volt or 110volt for emergency control circuits - shut down or start up)
Glad you guys were in proper respirators, it’s so important the rubber mask fits to the face and has FFP3 filters when you’re dealing with asbestos. One fibre can cause mesothelioma, my uncle painfully died of it. Thanks for taking the risk to share a place which none of us will ever see.
Although it is generally true that one fibre can theoretically cause cancer it does require some genetic susceptibility and some bad luck, also exposure and smoking more than doubles the risk. I'm 50 and working in engineering in England, everyone I work with their 60s knows a few people who have died from asbestos related diseases or lung cancer which was also likely related but formally undiagnosed. More frighteningly they tell stories of throwing the stuff about like snowballs when they were apprentices...
Asbestos is in the environment in small amounts, not just from old asbestos sources. For example before 2020 it was common for baby talcum powder to be contaminated with Asbestos, primally because a small amount comes out of the same mineral deposits and needs careful separation when mined... which is expensive... and the government rarely tests for contamination. It turns out trusting the manufacturer, may have been somewhat poor decision.
In the video it looks very damp and undisturbed, so much of the asbestos would not have been airborne, unless it was disturbed. However it is worth being very careful not to raise dust off your coveralls when you get undressed.
Basically don't get too worried, something is going to get you, and generally asbestos is now one of the lower risks when compared with, for example driving, or worrying too much about about stuff.
I appreciate your experience, but I’d say asbestos is a bit more deadly than driving. Blue and brown are obviously far worse than white. But in this explore, you can clearly see dust blowing across the cameras at one point in the bright light and it could contain anything. The point is, with the right gear, we can reduce or eliminate risk. Hospital workers and teachers in the UK are no stranger to mesothelioma. @@BitTwisted1
Great,Greater,Greatest video.Lots of appreciation and Respect to all of you guys! Yours big fan from Punjab,Bharat (India) 🇮🇳
Absolutely amazing! I don’t know how anyone has the nerve to do this, especially on their own. Many thanks for sharing.
10:45 Those big cylinders are the Co2 Drenching system for each of those transformer rooms . Usually there was a bunch of fire wires that would burn out at a set temperature and would break a circuit and trigger the drenching system . And usually the doors might have an auto shut system , they some times put self contained breathing apparatus sets inside these rooms for any one that might not have got out . Usually there was a time delay long enough for any one to get out before the doors shut , if you have ever seen a transformer go off you are running out or sadly never getting out . I have seen mass discharge of Co2 and one the noise is very loud , two it's damn cold and three with out the help of some self contained breathing apparatus your in a world of hurt . If you have ever set off a hand held co2 extinguisher you will understand the noise is loud , some people have been known to drop it at that sound . Also Co2 on discharge gets very cold , if you hold that extinguisher in the wrong place or get hit by the discharge you can get dry ice burns or your hand stuck to the extinguisher . The people that worked here would have had training and in your place of work you should have had training on fire drills and what to do in the event of fire and the extinguishers .
One of my absolute favorites guys. !!!! I have told you before how much I love the power plants. But the fact that It was dug out and created is an engineering marvel. Thank you so much.....!
I agree! There’s one thing exploring an abandoned power station and then another altogether is to explore one underground!
Alistair thanks for probably the most breathtaking of your videos to date. Thank you for a superb production. I'm enjoying your latest magazine it has a place of pride on my table. All the best well done
Really glad you enjoyed the video and reading the magazine. Thanks for the support 😀
14:48 those Diesel Generators are huge ,bigger than anything I have ever seen . I once had the opportunity to look around a Fuel Tanker , the Maersk Ascension which is now probably scrapped and long gone . We when into the engine room and there was this hatch removed and a circular room inside covered in oil , we obviously never went in but when asked what we thought it was by the engineer . He said it was one of cylinders of the engine !!! . Mad , thank you to the Maersk Ascension crew for showing us around and the many beers and fun conversations we had . Where ever you are now , thank you .
Wow Alistair, what a fantastic explore, and along with all the rusting steel in that complex, I have to say you had balls made of it 🙂. As a father I have to say my heart was in my mouth for you, but I know you all try and be as safe as possible to bring us such wonderful videos as this one, and so pleased that you were able to find an alternative access point to get the rest of the lads in also. Great to see so much British engineering but sad to think where we once lead the world, we have slipped back so much. Thanks.
Really glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the compliment! It was worth risking for in my opinion, albeit a calculated risk.
Great vid as usual... loving my Maltesers tonight watching this 👌
did you have any marsamallows with your maltesers ?!
Haha... No!
Parsons was taken over by Seimens some time ago but part of the original factory on Tyneside is still open and repairing old Parsons generators (albeit under the Seimens name).
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this
Wow guys
it brings lot of memories Sad to see the power station in that state. Thanks.
Brilliant video , English Electric were a very famous company based in Newton Le Willows and specialised in Diesel engines , electrical equipment and Locomotives I belive the last development of their Locomotive Diesel engine was installed in the Class 56 locomotive which was developed by Ruston Paxman another huge company, the EE Vulcan foundry site has now been swept away with hardly a trace remaining.
Thanks for this information :)
Sadly much of our railway manufacturing companies are long gone, only to be replaced with even more housing or Burger King, junk food establishments, take a look at the video on the Staverly Iron works in Chestershire..now completely vanished...😢
Great video of a stunning place, the hand drawn map was quite a nice addition
Appreciate it :)
This place is so massive! Just think for one moment, if it were all cleaned up, supplies and equipment replaced with modern tech, the options for this are almost endless!
Of course that takes exceptional ingenuity, planning, skills, administration and of course money. If I could "buy" it, and do what I liked with it, I would!
Edit: Except I just learned at the end of your video, that place has been used for ASBESTOS storage that was removed from other places all around. That was a horrible move, in my opinion! The "fast," answer to dispose of asbestos is almost never the right, or best answer.
I've seen 2 other Explores done at this location. What fascinates me so much, is just how structurally sound the entire place is, underground.
I'm really glad you got to experience this place! Thanks very much for documenting all of this for historical record. Wonderful photography - that's not easy to do!
Thanks for the lovely comment. It would be some challenge to fix the site up now, especially after the recent storage inside. And yes, although in areas, it is close to busy surroundings, it does stay extremely noise tight. Almost surreal to walk through only to hear your own breaths…
Amazing explore can’t believe all that is left down there took guts to do that alone to.
@10:15 impressive dedication - blanking out the place names on the map of the island !
Notice how relaxed you feel under ground. No microwave signals, is the reason.
24:40Oh the Battery room and they are not smashed . Nice to see .
Fantasic explore guys, imagine getting lost in there, or you lose your light🤪 that place in pitch black after you have gone, makes you think...😮
Those Parsons turbines look very similar to those of the old Hayle power station in Cornwall, bet they are all seized up by now, this place will exist long after we have all gone...
Amazing!!
Amazing video...sad to see it all rotting away
Smashing explore mister. I'm surprised its not been stripped for scrap value to be honest but than goodness it hasnt!
Amazing video as always ,thank you .
You are welcome
I turned off my adblocker for this and always will for your channel. I'm amazed.
Did you ever figure out where the first alternate entrance led to?
16:11 can you imagine the noise when these generators were in operation !!! .
Excellent video!
Amazing, thanks for sharing.
Was just reading that this place is going to be re-used. The plan is to install large scale battery storage for renewable energy sources to serve the island. Hopefully that won’t mean too much of the historic kit will be lost but it is good that the place will be returned to use as part of the energy supply infrastructure for the island, which is what is what built for originally. If it is stripped out though, all the more important that this document exists.
Great explore Alistair. I’ll be rewatching this one for sure.
Interesting, it’s great that a place that harmed the environment and then stored hazardous asbestos can still be used for a renewable benefit. Glad you enjoyed this episode!
Incredible. Thank you so much. Loved every second ❤
Great to hear
Fantastic video explore.
Fantastic explore as always! Wow what an incredible place!
Great explore. Nice map animation
Thank you!
Superb explore. I can only image the cacophony of noise that the station had when in full operation.
Must have been some echo!
Think this is in Malta ain’t it? Love all your videos guys 👌🏻 fantastic viewing 😉
You asked what was this room with battery was. This was a battery room for the back up for the computer. If the power was some how lost, you need the computer to get it back on line and this was the battery backup for those computers. Awesome video.
Thank you for this information
Wow! I just love stuff like this!
unbelievable
You’ll be visiting Port Talbot shortly 😢
Love you’re work lads 👌👍
i didn't know there were underground power stations.
Place would make a great place for a horror movie. The place is so creepy you wouldn’t have to dress the set up at all.
Great video guys loving the map overlay reminds me of my silent hill days on PS1!!
What an amazing video..,Thanks
Thanks!
Old tranformers is where they were stepping up the voltage from 2500v to 275 000 v for pylon distribution. if it was built in the 60s it wil output 415 000v it all looks 1950s
awesome stuff guys
The un-know things are glass bodied batteries (lead acid) use in racks each been 2volt and wired in series to give 50 or 110volt for control circuits, usually emergency tripping or “black start”
Brilliant, thanks for letting us know.
Great video lads
Dead brave of you being on your own! I’d have been cacking me pants lad 😂was waiting for you to walk into another section and there be someone crouching down in the corner or some shit 😱
In all though what a top place to explore! I visited Leningrad 1 in Sosnovy Bor, Russia in 2008. Seems a lifetime ago but that was super bloody scary! And the control rooms were insane!!! The sister power station is where I live in Morecambe/Heysham and although that’s functional you can book a tour and see it fully operational. A stark but awesome contrast! Thanks guys x
Thanks for another great explore!
Thank you, it was quite the experience! Really interesting that too, I might take a look at doing the tour
I admire you all for what you do, but this time Alistair shows that he has big brass balls. Kudos.
Thanks ;)
The music at 1:06 sounds like Command and Conquer generals OST?
12:00 The last time I saw equipment like these transformers and so on was in black and white on BBC2 at about six thirty each morning at Christmas~time æons ago. Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless filmed at the same time as these rusty leviathans were made. Those fuses 17:56 !
24:38 within that were loads of Alcad Batteries.
Thanks!
Be careful being on your own in places like that only takes one slip. Great content also the place is amazing 👏
Totally! Thank you, very happy that you enjoyed watching
The island has many miles of underground tunnels most of which date back to when the forts were constructed by the Knights of St John. The island is steeped in history and played a vital part in WWII and was saved from oblivion by the combined efforts of the British Armed Forces who used the tunnels as "War Rooms" . Those areas are open to the public and over the years more and more have been opened up. The island's capital has a tunnels beneath it which served as air-raid shelters during WWII and periodically they are opened up for visitors.
Fort Maneol is also worth a visit as it also has many underground tunnels, some of which are sealed off but I was once told by a local diver that they can be accessed from the harbour at low water.
Really interesting, thanks for sharing
The asbestos in this old power must have been huge . Still looking at it the fuse boxes would have had asbestos insulation and of cause any pipe lagging . Be careful but im sure you know that .
cracking guys - nice
These would make the ultimate "will it start" series for an epic team of RUclipss "will it start" channels!! 😂😂
This one would be quite difficult, I reckon!
I would love to know how they got those large generators in there and situated them😮
Probably while they excavated cut and cover style, build large subterranean concrete boxes, lower equipment down, cover over.
18:06 again I think Co2 drencher system , you would like to think now empty . Those cylinders are well rusty if full could rupture and vent !!
Those "massive green boilers" are not boilers. They are called steam condensers. The boilers are WAY bigger than that.
24:45 batteries
Where is this place ? Looks interesting ?
How old is the footage? I saw on satellite there have been some work done in this area so I wonder if its still accessible?
You mentioned whilst alone it wasn't possible to give a human for size comparison. Have you considered either popping the cameraon a tripod or flat surface... you could frame the item you wanted (say the diesel engine powered turbines you first see) walk by in shot, then just come back and collect the camera. Can interleave these shots into your vid 😉
Yes that is absolutely true! I’m not a huge fan of tripod shots, I prefer the natural shake of it being handheld, especially in our videos. I also was fairly strapped for time, so didn’t have chance.
@@Urbandoned Absolutely fair enough matey got to have your own style. You'll just have to go back at some point then eh ;0)
Alistair...more like Chadistair, the balls on this lad going where others fear to tread! 👍
😂
25:20 3000k.v. kilo volts... that's a 3'000'000 step up transformer from 11'000 volts. able to singularly feed 25000 volts up to 10'000 miles away aka: 250volt 100amp, enough to relight the gas furnace on your local stations power grid section... otherwise it has a 11000 volt 272amp output in currant standings. -150 miles for every house on it to modern standards only being 50 powered houses in the whole town, so its good for a city sector with 10 working shops "manufacturing units", was.
similar size nuclear station could be in Ukraine, yet be running a powered service thru all of Russia clear thru to Alaska down to a shop in Montana running a welder to fix some shop things/machinery. but they have to tell 300 million people to turn off there thing for a few hours... the very last in line on grid, does it work?
Looks like somewhere they built nuclear missiles
calpe hole.. Gibraltar ..... you can obtain permission visits here so you don't need to risk your life
A permission does not make any hazards disappear, though 😅
5:35 Permission or no, in the era in which we find ourselves, and taking as a first example, just the air quality seen from this point on in the latest spine tingler from the boys;
there's no way that even a guided tour of a small group of experienced explorers would conquer the EU, CHR and H&S regs and the insurance hurdles, let alone the unthinking opinionated monster that we're blindly being digested by that is social media *.
The power of the internet with a dollop of your information added quickly got me to the pages on this place.
There's even a bloody Trip Advisor review of it! (Two stars in case you're interested)
* Once upon a time walkway 17:23 half-heartedly marked out by the little posts someone's roped it off with; notwithstanding.
Hi! the things you saw but were unsure what they were called, they're capacitors. I could let you think I thought of it, but it was mu hubby. 😏
They are glass bodied batteries - (lead acid) usually in banks and racks to provide 50volt or 110volt for emergency control circuits - shut down or start up)
Brill
try to explore midnight
You're lucky you weren't attacked by the Xenomorph that lives in there....
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British engineering.