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Power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks
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Ravenscraig steelworks in the 1970s
The power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell, taken by David Palmar
29 January 2021
View south-east from Dumyat to Alloa and Grangemouth
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Stirlingshire - Dumyat
View south-east from Dumyat, showing Alloa, the widening estuary of the Inner Forth, the Clackmannanshire and Kincardine Bridges, the decommissioned coal-fired power station at Longannet, and with Grangemouth in the distance.
14 September 2020
Yoker Power Station in 1974
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Yoker coal-fired Power Station, still with its chimneys in 1974. It was closed in 1976. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Yoker Power Station and Renfrew Ferry in 1978
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Yoker Power Station in 1978, now with no chimneys. The power station was closed in 1976. The Renfrew Ferry ceased operating as a car ferry in 1984, and is now a passenger only service. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Yoker Power Station site in 1987
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Yoker Power Station site in 1987. The power station was closed in 1976 and is now demolished. The Renfrew Ferry slip can be seen on the right. It ceased operating as a car ferry in 1984, and is now a passenger only service. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Braehead Power Station from the Renfrew Ferry in 1974
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Braehead Power Station from the Renfrew Ferry in 1974. Braehead was a coal-fired power station built after the Second World War, later converted to an oil-fired power station and closed in the 1980s and demolished in the 1990s. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
G43 Braehead Power Station with no chimney 1987
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Doon the Watter - Clyde Tunnel to Erskine Bridge
Braehead Power Station from the PS Waverley in 1987. Braehead was a coal-fired power station built after the Second World War, later converted to an oil-fired power station, closed and its chimney removed in the mid 1980s and demolished in the 1990s. Scanned from a transparency taken by David Palmar.
19 September 2007
Excavating the breach in the sea wall, RSPB Skinflats
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Excavating the breach in the sea wall at the RSPB Scotland Skinflats Managed Realignment Scheme
03 October 2018
Invasive non-native Common cord grass, RSPB Skinflats
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Falkirk - Skinflats
Common cord grass (Spartina anglica), an invasive non-native species (INNS), at RSPB Skinflats. It is a hybrid of Spartina maritima and Spartina alterniflora. Its growth and spread are mainly vegetative, but the seeds also have limited viability, and may float to new locations or be spread by wading birds. The now closed Longannet coal-fired power station is in the background.
14 December 2018
Sandwich tern in flight with Longannet Power Station
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Fife - Kincardine
Sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis) in flight against the now lcosed Longannet Power Station, taken on a cruise from South Queensferry to Kincardine Bridge and back on the Maid of the Forth - an IFLI event called The Inner Forth from a New Perspective.
