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Cooling Towers

Drax Power Station

Status: Transitioned from coal to biomass fuel 2023

Location: North Yorkshire

Number of towers: 12

Date: 1967-71

Constructed: 1967-71, 1979-86
Consultant architects: Jeff King (Clifford, Tee and Gale)
Engineers: W.S. Atkins & Partners
Landscaping: Arnold E. Weddle
Decommissioned: N/A – Transitioned from coal to biomass fuel in 2023
Scheduled demolition: N/A
Certificate of Immunity from Listing: N/A

 

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