Didcot Power Station
Didcot Power Station was completed in 1968. In 2013, it was closed down. At the end of July 2014, the first three of the cooling towers are due to be demolished. As a tribute to this fixture of the south Oxfordshire skyline that has become synonymous with the town, I have chosen some of the best photographs from my collection, accompanied by a few facts and trivia about this monument to 20th century industry.
![[First impressions]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/first-impressions.jpg)
![[View from town]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/view-from-town.jpg)
![[Message from Greenpeace]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/message-from-greenpeace.jpg)
![[Nearly home]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/nearly-home.jpg)
![[Sea of yellow]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/sea-of-yellow.jpg)
![[Across the fields]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/across-the-fields.jpg)
![[View from Route 44]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/view-from-route-44.jpg)
![[Down Hill]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/down-hill.jpg)
![[Entrance road]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/entrance-road.jpg)
![[Up close]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/up-close.jpg)
![[Substation]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/substation.jpg)
![[In the shadow]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/in-the-shadow.jpg)
![[Back door]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/back-door.jpg)
![[From the north]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/from-the-north.jpg)
![[Steam powered]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/steam-powered.jpg)
![[Ladygrove]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/ladygrove.jpg)
![[From Wittenham Clumps]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/from-wittenham-clumps.jpg)
![[At sunset]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/at-sunset.jpg)
![[From Hagbourne Hill]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/from-hagbourne-hill.jpg)
![[Looming large]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/looming-large.jpg)
![[Symmetry]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/symmetry.jpg)
![[Mud]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/mud.jpg)
![[Basking]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/basking.jpg)
![[House building]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/house-building.jpg)
![[Last gasp]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/last-gasp.jpg)
![[Three power stations]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/three-power-stations.jpg)
![[Cloud machine]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/cloud-machine.jpg)
![[End of the line]](/pg/didcot-power-station/images/thumb/end-of-the-line.jpg)