Cockenzie Chimney Demolition - HD Drone Footage - ScottishPower
Cockenzie's iconic chimneys were demolished by controlled explosion on Saturday 26th September changing the skyline around East Lothian and the Forth forever.
We captured the moments leading up to the button press, speaking to former workers at the station and local residents before the chimneys were brought together for the first and last time.
Originally operational in the summer of 1967, Cockenzie was officially opened on the 24th May 1968 by the Secretary of State for Scotland, The Rt. Hon. William Ross. The Power Station generated more than 150 Terawatt Hours (TWh) of electricity in its lifetime, enough to power the average annual electricity needs of more than 1 million homes every year during its 45 years of operation. In total, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people have been employed at Cockenzie, during construction and operation, with many thousands of other jobs supported in the wider supply chain and local area.
When Cockenzie opened in 1967, it was the largest power station in Scotland and Britain was still 2 years away from natural gas being used in electricity generation. Coal accounted for approximately 72% of the fuel input used for electricity generation in Britain, compared to approximately 20.5% in 2014.
In an average year the station would receive approximately 800 train loads of coal, meaning that up to 36,000 freight trains stopped at Cockenzie’s coal handling plant to make deliveries over the lifetime of the station. The last delivery took place at 3pm on Saturday 9th March.
Designed by Sir Robert Matthew (who also designed Edinburgh Airport and the Royal Commonwealth Pool), and famous for its distinctive twin chimney stacks, the station was built with a generating capacity of 1,200MW, comprising four identical units, each capable of generating 300MW. Due to strategic investment and high levels of maintenance, the station comfortably outlived its original estimates of a 25-30 year life cycle.
The Children's Gala. Cockenzie & Port Seton 12th June 2015.
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Cockenzie
Intrepids At Cockenzie House
OLD PICTURES OF COCKENZIE AND PORT SETON
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Cockenzie and Port Seton
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Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland.It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north-east of Musselburgh.The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland.Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665.
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Children's Gala in Cockenzie & Port Seton. 13 June 2015
Cockenzie power Station ,DJI Phantom 3 Standard
filming what's left of the power station
66087 | 4R15 Cockenzie PS - Ayr: 22nd October 2010
66087 is seen powering past a field next to Prestonpans with an early running 4R15 Cockenzie PS - Ayr.
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Cockenzie & Port Seton Pipes & Drums - Armed Forces Day 2018 Edinburgh [4K/UHD]
The Pipe Band of Cockenzie and Port Seton played a great 15 minute set for us in St Andrews Square as part of the Armed Forces Day 2018 celebrations in Edinburgh.
Mainshill Solidarity Camp
Leave it in the ground! Resistance to open-cast coal mining in Scotland.
The UK government is currently deciding whether to give the go-ahead to seven new coal fired power stations, the first for 30 years, including two in Scotland at Longannet in Fife and Cockenzie in East Lothian, and recently a third has been proposed on the site of the Hunterston nuclear reactor. To feed the drive for coal, the government is overruling local councils and its own stated policies to approve new opencast coal mines, with a possible 33 - at the last count - on top of the 30 already operating.
This represents a massive new wave of carbon emissions, an appalling example to other countries and misery for the people who have to live with new coal as a bad neighbour. If all the applications for new mines are approved, the fastest expansion of UK coal mining in 40 years could see southern Scotland become the most heavily mined region in Europe.
Portobello to Cockenzie Downwinder
15/08/15 First East Lothian Downwinder / Sup Get Together
66167 working 6D04 Cockenzie to Millerhill yard
EWS 66167 working through prestonpans station hauling 6D04 Cockenzie to Millerhill yard.
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As part of P5's topic Living in Cockenzie in which we learnt about places to live, relax, visit and work in Cockenzie and Port Seton, P5T created their own Visit Cockenzie advert in the style of the Visit Scotland advert
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Cockenzie & Port Seton Primary - 'First Ever Tune'
The 'First Ever' drum score composed by the P5 pupils at Cockenzie & Port Seton Primary School.
Cockenzie Rowing Training Session
Leaving Cockenzie Harbour - The 22' skiff Boatie Rows - built by the Port Seton contingent of the 2010 Scottish Coastal Rowing Event. For details see