Exploring the Abandoned Aberthaw Power Station: Before Demolition

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@UQRXD 5 ай бұрын

Engineering at it's best for the time. Thanks for the visit. That plant made people rich. Former plant engineer.

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Indeed, so sad that these marvels are crumbling before our eyes now

@darryldyke1264 5 ай бұрын

Worked there for over ten years in maintenance so this video has brought back very fond and emotional memories. Thank you.

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

Did you know a guy who worked there called Mike Crooke?

@JohnCompton1 5 ай бұрын

When you walked into the boiler room, I was amazed at the sheer volume of piping, ducting, and electrical connections. And to think those amazing engineers did it all with basically slide rules. And those turbines were MEGA. Don't think I've seen any like that before. Thanks so much for sharing!

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

The boiler house is always underrated for a photogenic sense

@sputumtube 5 ай бұрын

Excellent, informative and very well presented video. The scale of the place was incredible and something none of us would ever have seen without your teams' efforts. Massive thanks for posting.

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

No problem, glad you enjoyed watching

@rolanddring-sandberg4432 5 ай бұрын

I always used to remember the Coal Trains running day & night through Dinas Powiys on the way to Aberthaw Power Station , it helped send me to sleep, happy times

@benlambley7171 5 ай бұрын

Great explore as usual so glad you guys film and document these places before they are erased for ever I find it quite sad seeing them all go. 😢

@juliegough350 5 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about your issues Alistair ( sorry if issues is the wrong word) you always seem so confident but you never know what lies beneath the surface. You guys are amazing i love watching your vlogs, your very articulate and proffesional, thank you for what you do,hope you have a great summer. Xx

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Have a great Summer too :)

@mmatejka01 5 ай бұрын

Another awesome power plant video. So glad you were able to capture this facility before its demise. So glad you guys are documenting these properties..!

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

No problem, glad you enjoyed it

@timyorke4465 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic explore, I have the feeling that all those that worked there will appreciate this video for many years to come

@swanseamale47 5 ай бұрын

About a mile from the power station (near the petrol station) was boystown. This was a sort of holiday camp for under privilege boys. I visited it a few times after it closed down. Amazing place to explore swimming poor even a church. A small village almost. The started demolition about 15 years ago. But they seemed to be leaving a lot. Don't know how much is left now.

@lufcwls 5 ай бұрын

I went about 10 or so years ago and there was a lot of it still there, just covered in graffiti. Was pretty cool seeing the old pool and sports hall! I heard it was getting knocked down for houses or something but I don't know if there have been developments. Also got to visit Aberthaw on a public tour, fascinating area!

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

My mum used to work there for a while

@h2ous 2 ай бұрын

What a place. Worked there a lot of years. Cut out a lot of cracked welds and other components. Good times. it’s great to see people amazed at what’s inside, You take them for granted as a power industry worker. Will never forget some of the characters and amazing people that worked there, and the great times we had. Shed a tear for aberthaw, and weld BW1! 😉

@Northerndecay 5 ай бұрын

Loved the video, so cool to see inside these places where members of the public would never normally get a glimpse. 10/10!

@jonbagge4968 5 ай бұрын

Highly recommend Sizewell Nuclear Power Visitor Centre and tor

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

Parts of the powerstation have been used in Doctor Who

@Red-74- 2 ай бұрын

Worked there as a scaffolder for quite a few years, brings back memories. Thankyou

@joshuaw8147 2 ай бұрын

Was it cape or Altrad?

@kpurban1310 5 ай бұрын

Top-quality. Really well put together and very well captured.

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Cheers chappie

@GMteam. 5 ай бұрын

i used to go bass fishing off the hot water outfalls. made better by tornado's landing and taking off from st athans.

@nigiethomas 5 ай бұрын

I'm from Barry great job never know it was closed down x

@godlyelf 4 ай бұрын

Dam ive been subbed to you guys for years. Just noticed how many subs you have now! Congratulations!

@flolot 5 ай бұрын

amazing video, it is amazing how people ever build this it is so genius

@markramsay6399 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video as always! / Mark. PS - thanks for talking about the struggles, more of us need to to this (including me).

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, very right

@chrisdowns1987 5 ай бұрын

I think thats my favourite, love seeing the internals of the turbine right next to a complete unit. Thank you!

@stephenrobbins9901 5 ай бұрын

That place looked amazing, really well filmed,and presented, thanks for the video, look forward to anymore in the future, keep up the good work I appreciate the explore immensely as I lack the ability to achieve what you have done so well.respect to you sir .😊😊😊

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

There's more in the vault :)

@r2trogly 5 ай бұрын

A beautifully crafted video. Well done. Much enjoyed with great music,

@nickspeller3372 4 ай бұрын

Reminds me of when my dad was a security guard at Castle Mead power station in Gloucester; he gave me his patrol machine thingy to clock in for him whilst he had his feet up in the office...I was 13 I think. I had a great time wandering around the entire station including the turbine hall etc.

@ianhill20101 5 ай бұрын

I worked here for a bit back in 2008, they tested the boiler blow off valve, the amount of steam formed a cloud and it rained about 2 mile square with bits of soot in it, them were the days crack vid loved looking about.

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

@growanewsystem4141 5 ай бұрын

Good effort man! 🤘

@David1991. 5 ай бұрын

@@growanewsystem4141 Grow up kid

@hazardw 5 ай бұрын

Bloody brilliant mate, tried twice myself and failed!

@Huwbert0490 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. My grandfather worked security there for many years back in its operational heyday. I grew up a stones throw from there and have always wondered what it was like inside.

@paulguise698 5 ай бұрын

Hiya Alistair, my backside was falling right out when you were exploring, my stomach sank when you were up high, I think it was the boiler room, keep up the good explorations, the music is great

@ryanthethumb 5 ай бұрын

Cool vid man amazing what we just scrap after so many years effort that must go into building it would be insane not to mention cost enjoyed the quiet on this one

@chrisdoney8578 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks for documenting and sharing. These are my favourite types of explore video 👍👍

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

You'll be glad to hear there are many more we are waiting to share

@judypearson116 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great video. From Sarawak.

@tonyshort7279 4 ай бұрын

I worked there as a contractor from 1983 to 1988. You couldn't hear yourself think from the noise of the three turbines .

@MrSketchydave69 5 ай бұрын

I went to an open day at Aberthaw in the early 90's. The noise in the turbine hall was immense!

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

I can imagine wow!

@no1welshboyo 5 ай бұрын

I remember there being two public open days, back in the late 80’s. They would never entertain such a thing these days in a power station. If you were in the generator hall after 10 minutes without ear defenders you would go deaf, due the loudest noise you would ever hear.

@phoenixsmith6026 5 ай бұрын

Epic !!! makes me sad that we are losing out history one building at a time. am sure there would of been persons who would have paid to go around a place like this, where kids could learn how power is made or use to be made

@StMaryChurchModelRailway 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video, I live 5 miles from Aberthaw, So it will be a sad day when the local landmark dissappears. Thanks for sharing, You were very lucky to get in there

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure it will be, thanks for watching

@davidboyd4137 5 ай бұрын

Cool explore, giv3s perspective, keep safe 😊❤😊

@davidraynorsnow 5 ай бұрын

Well said buddy at beginning of video❤

@andyjonessplatoon0192 5 ай бұрын

Hi there. This is so good. You always do a professional job . I was one of the workers on the (A) station. I remember them building this (B) station. I was working for able uk. A Scottish demolition company. I loved working for them. I never knew this was out of commission. Well done for the video. 👍👍

@andyjonessplatoon0192 5 ай бұрын

I remember knocking down the old one about 30 years ago. Wow. Big respect for this video. 👌

@ChrisHeatonbigears5000 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Subscribed

@dylanhall509 4 ай бұрын

I remember going here on a Geography trip in year 10 in around 2014 and being amazed by the scale of the place. Suprised it's closed now

@Fran_SG 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!

@jarrahdrum 5 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you, subscribed

@robfellows4096 5 ай бұрын

Perfectly balanced and engaging record of this now lost power station. I bet there are loads of awesome stills of the interior. And who needs ariel shots when you have Alistair the Human Drone Cam ascending the heights??!!!! 🎬😎

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks for that! We wasted our money on a drone, really

@markjlewis 5 ай бұрын

I know the area well but of course never been inside the power station. Haven't been there for a while so I wonder what it looks like today? Thanks for sharing.

@petergrinnell2500 5 ай бұрын

I bet alot of parts will be stripped off the turbines and be sold off to other companies over seas before it starts getting demolished but wat amazing explore and being on your own but you was very lucky to get there 🙂👍

@jimmymiller77 5 ай бұрын

GREAT Job.. All my best from the US... Jim

@-r-495 3 ай бұрын

Incredible. This makes me slightly melancholic. All these email jobs don’t need as much energy.

@-r-495 3 ай бұрын

Biomass.. It is greenwashing. Better wind than that, better not repeat the German fails.

@darryldyke1264 5 ай бұрын

Big "warehouse" @ 13 minutes is the old mechanical maintenance workshop.

@ah4quadssake885 5 ай бұрын

Be great place to fly around🙃

@dsds3968 5 ай бұрын

I did a few recces of this place and thought security looked too active. I've seen a few reports though so maybe it's feasible. I went in there today. Took me a while to solve the snakes and ladders puzzle for getting in. It was well worth it. The chimney was locked up. I fancied a trip up that, but I've seen a video where someone set an alarm off when they went up it, so it solved that problem. Security in the morning were relaxed, with a few hours between patrols, but in the evening they had someone who was a lot keener who kept driving around when I was trying to get out.

@b4tm4nrubin33 5 ай бұрын

Great video. It looks like something from the aftermath of a nuclear war

@tamarahenderson5241 5 ай бұрын

Love

@andy.m265 5 ай бұрын

I worked around Didcot A and B, when they were demolished a few years ago, so sad to see these once mighty power stations reduced to rubble, they once stood strong and proud, a testament to our engineering capabilities, it’s ridiculous how we produce around 1% of the planets pollution and have to destroy our infrastructure, to try and improve that figure, while China and India, who pollute significantly more, are increasing their share by adding two new coal fired power stations at the rate of one a week, with over 200 more planned ! Great video lads.

@liquidusblue 5 ай бұрын

100% it's economic vandalism. We still get the pollution as we share the same air. But lose all the skills & expertise. Reliable Power and Steel should always be sovereign capabilities.

@bubblynubs 5 ай бұрын

Didcot B is still in operation...

@eggy1962 5 ай бұрын

Beijing is in permanent smog, it makes a mockery of climate targets

@andy.m265 5 ай бұрын

@@bubblynubs Yeah correct, parts of it were demolished, but it’s still used at a reduced capacity as a back up to the national grid i think.

@isaachoward8766 5 ай бұрын

This power station appeared on Doctor Who and also on the spinoff series the The sera Jane Adventures although thay in that it was betrayed and a nuclear power plant

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

My dad works there and he saw Elizabeth Sladen there years ago while they were filming Sarah Jane Adventures and she waved at him

@procta2343 5 ай бұрын

Some one could retire and some on weighing in all that metal and copper, from there.

@GWLAD 5 ай бұрын

Delivered there loads of times

@rossmansell5877 5 ай бұрын

When they backflushed the intakes with hot water the fish that was available to anyone that could get it!!...Tope used to breed around there due the warmish water outflows....

@alsanova 5 ай бұрын

Another great exploration. May I ask what course are you studying at college / uni?

@callmetony1319 5 ай бұрын

17:21 Reminds me of Portal 2

@amp1 5 ай бұрын

Stay strong Alistair. I’ve been there. ❤

@BigChompinc 4 ай бұрын

Didn’t fancy the slog up the stack 😂

@MisterBurtonshaw 5 ай бұрын

I used to work the coal trains into Aberthaw. Rather large site.

@focus3415 5 ай бұрын

Another great explanation you have got to be the best on you tube keep going can't wait for the next explanation 👍 and yes I subscribed around 3years ago come everyone press that subscribe button

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, appreciate that!

@49CCHRIS 5 ай бұрын

Could be a near half million in scrap there? Heavy steel £250 ton

@stevej4847 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic explore. It's such a shame that places like this will cease to exist! How many stupid windmills would be needed to replace just this one power station? Our country is being run into the ground, these places were built when Britain used to be Great!

@liquidusblue 5 ай бұрын

100% net zero is rediculous. We export the mild pollution... Which we still breathe anyway as we share an atmosphere with china. At the same time decimating our engineering prowess. It is lose/lose.

@DOCTORDROTT 5 ай бұрын

sad to see, worked in there many times on coal trains

@4879daniel 5 ай бұрын

I like how you always put “before demolition” in your video titles just in case the viewers can’t tell from the video.

@Ed.R 5 ай бұрын

I think that's more to make it clear the location has, at the time of the video being released, been demolished or partly demolished. So people don't get false hopes of visiting themselves.

@Urbandoned 5 ай бұрын

@@Ed.R ^^^^ ;)

@zerokenshi 5 ай бұрын

They're not the sharpest tools in the shed. What do you expect.

@Kernowabandoned 5 ай бұрын

❤

@JonWhitton 5 ай бұрын

Sad loss of industrial heritage

@thevoiceofreason941 5 ай бұрын

Many people committed suicide from the top of that chimney.

@andy.m265 5 ай бұрын

That’s a heartwarming thought, thanks 😂😂

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

There's been other accidental deaths on sight as well

@JohnJones-tx6rt 4 ай бұрын

The entry into the place didn't start properly and it put me off - it begins with a music background and the investigator telling us what he "would" do. We wonder if this opening is more an advert for something to come, but no, he's already supposed to be doing it. Once he gets past the start there is still no strong sense of realism, the continual cutting and jumps from place to place means we never really see how he gets from A to B, and there are curiously no worries about guards, no sense of risk. It's more like watching a safe documentary. The added music adds to the sense of legend but at the expense of immediacy. I lost interest unfortunately, even though the power station is just a few miles down the coast.

@Urbandoned 4 ай бұрын

Really, really good criticism. Maybe the best we’ve ever had. Thank you

@davidboyd4137 5 ай бұрын

Y.N.W.A. 😮

@tonytouch2446 4 ай бұрын

Turbines are still there mate

@kettleions 5 ай бұрын

Clean burning, coal powered, electricity generating.. please don't pull them down!

@keithjohnson7677 4 ай бұрын

People say no to this or we are fools.

@matizpiro 5 ай бұрын

😮

@tombore9516 5 ай бұрын

You would think being they are encouraging everyone to drive EV’s that they would save and run these power stations not dismantle/demolish these 🙄🙄 you couldn’t make it up

@joedudz 5 ай бұрын

Time will come when they will regret demolishing these national assets.

@deanbooker3314 5 ай бұрын

My dad fell to death there in June 2007

@emmacrooke807 5 ай бұрын

So sorry for your loss

@andrewcottle5372 5 ай бұрын

How?

@deanbooker3314 5 ай бұрын

@andrewcottle5372 read it online

@tomtom2438 5 ай бұрын

Aberthraw is no where near Tower Colliery, not that it matters just being pedantic.

@edwardwilcox6606 5 ай бұрын

The Tories couldn`t close these coal-fired power stations fast enough. For reasons of personal vanity they went on their quest to aim for `net-zero` all to the detriment of much higher energy bills & the awful risk of power-cuts if there were a bad winter or some shortfall of power in other forms of generation. The public & businesses have been crucified in order to make our politicians feel good about themselves even though this country produces only1% of the worlds greenhouse gases they still went ahead to be world leaders in idiocy rather than a measured closure that wouldn`t put the country under extreme pressure. You couldn`t make it up! Nice vid guys!!

@nickspeller3372 4 ай бұрын

energy was always going to get more expensive given the source of fuels i.e. coal, gas. oil. It makes sense to harness renewables but it is a transistional process. Sadly this process has become politicised and has been prone to stop start and low investment in the uk. High energy bills are the result of poor political strategy and badly structured energy market...its pointless to blame renewables themselves...Its a myth that the country's grid is under 'extreme pressure'...we have a complex system of continental interconnectors helping to balance power requirements.