Hams Hall Power Station
My father used to work at Hams Hall C Power Station, from the mid 1975 to 1984. His job was also as a fitter, eventually he moved on to work at Rugeley A Power Station as a fitter/crane driver. His name was Larry Todd, I have over the years collected original photographs, drawings and tons of information including technical specifications for the three stations that were once the largest generating complex in europe. I have found many original items of interest that were once stored on site at Hams Hall including being given an original fibreglass cooling tower, that was part of the power station scale model.
When look back I was lucky enough to spend alot of time at the Hams Hall site when I was younger, I remember the A Station demolition very well, and was there when the two 350ft chimneys were demolished. I also cried as well when that happened. I also remember a very loud cheer from some of the staff that worked in A Station, the reason for this? they were happy to see the station demolished, some of them stating it being a filthly dirty environment to work in particularly towards the end of the station's working life, they also stated A station was full of asbestos due to lagging on pipe work and insulation the trunking on the station boiler house was also asbestos lined and covered with a concrete fondue. My dad used to go and strip parts from A Station for use in B and C stations, and always remarked on how erie the place was when he as over there.
Hams A Station was also the place where the CEGB apprentices that were based on site at Hams, carried out there training. There baptism of fire in the world of power generation. I remember one engineer stating Hams A was a proper power station, utilising technology old and new, particularly the boiler plant the first half of the station pulverised fuel and the later chain grate stoker.
Hams Hall A was one of the very first super stations, built for baseload operation and without stations like hams A the super megawatt giants of today could of just been a pipe dream.
Anybody who has an interest in Hams Hall Power Station site is more than welcome to contact me.