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Oil jetty, Cockenzie power station

Railway station · United Kingdom

Oil jetty, Cockenzie power station
Photo : Richard Webb · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The coal fired power station needed oil as part of the start up procedure. Gas was ignited and set fire to oil which set fire to the coal. The jetty was abandoned in the 1990s and oil was shipped in by lorry.

Type
Railway station
Country
United Kingdom
Near
Musselburgh

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