Chippenham Power Plant

[caldridge]

The L3 route which starts several hundred yards away from Melksham Substation heads to Chippenham Power Plant.

Here's the pylons making there way to the power plant.

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A deviation tower nearest the power plant. The route crosses the railway.

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And here's the terminal towers.

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Close ups of the terminal towers. I think the look similar to those L2 ones at Melksham.

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The route code is MC.

Christopher

[lesc]

Looks like this L3DS set is 132kV judging by the extended arcing horns. The terminal towers are the L2ST ED51184, does anyone have a pic of the L3ST it is in the bible... note the 132kV insulators facing away from the cameras.

Nice set.

Les

[yv47r]

Not sure if any of these are L3 ST apart from maybe the ones I recently saw at Penwortham

Carrington L2 ST - with extra stub arms on the towers
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Buxton Waterswallows L2 STs? Again these look identical to the L2 STs at Carrington above and also those at Penwortham.
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Penwortham L2 ST
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L3 STs?? Are these L3 STs - they look a lot different from the other ST towers shown below and to me the tower build looks more akin to L3 design rather than L2
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[caldridge]

Here's the ones at Melksham. They could be L2 ST.

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