Power House

Today's the day ……………………. for a guided tour

We were fortunate today to be taken on a tour of the Tongland Hydro-electric Power Station - just up the road from us.

The idea of guided tours for the general public was something that was present right from the start when the Galloway Hydro-electric Scheme was conceived back in the 1930s.  But despite the fact that the three 11,000 kilowatt turbine-generators at Tongland are still reliably producing electricity today, the public interface side of things has been allowed to slip.  Hopefully, this is something that the new owners - Drax Power Group - are going to put right.

But today, we took the chance to have a quick look round with a former work colleague and friend of Will, who now works for Drax.  It was fascinating too.  This array of switches, levers and monitors - looking like something out of Dr Who's TARDIS - is a relic from the past.  Still looks pretty impressive though ………………………...