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Coordinates: 55°58′08″N 2°57′43″W / 55.969°N 2.962°W / 55.969; -2.962
Cockenzie and Port Seton (Scots: Cockennie[koˈkɪni]; Scottish Gaelic: Cùil Choinnich, meaning "cove of Kenneth") is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north-east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665.
The town has a population of 4,493 as of 2001. Since the last Census in 2001, there have been many new houses built. The population is now about 5,460. Cockenzie and Port Seton has continued to grow over the years and is now a dormitory town for Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.
To the west of the town, between Cockenzie and Prestonpans is the site of Cockenzie power station, a large coal-fired power station which was a major employer from the 1960s until it closed in 2013, and enabled the town to survive and prosper. Demolition of the plant is currently underway, and is expected to take around 18 months. Plans for an Energy Park on the site, to be used for the construction and repair of wind turbines, were scrapped in March 2015.
A power station (also referred to as a generating station, power plant, powerhouse, or generating plant) is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Most power stations contain one or more generators, a rotating machine that converts mechanical power into electrical power. The relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor creates an electrical current. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely. Most power stations in the world burn fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity. Others use nuclear power, but there is an increasing use of cleaner renewable sources such as solar, wind, wave and hydroelectric.
The world's first power station was designed and built by Lord Armstrong at Cragside, England in 1868. Water from one of the lakes was used to power Siemens dynamos. The electricity supplied power to lights, heating, produced hot water, ran an elevator as well as labor-saving devices and farm buildings.
Cockenzie power station was a coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland. It was situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, near the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 8 mi (13 km) east of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The station dominated the local coastline with its distinctive twin chimneys from 1967 until the chimneys' demolition in September 2015. Initially operated by the nationalised South of Scotland Electricity Board, it was operated by Scottish Power following the privatisation of the industry in 1991. In 2005 a WWF report named Cockenzie as the UK's least carbon-efficient power station, in terms of carbon dioxide released per unit of energy generated. The 1,200 megawatt power station ceased generating energy on 15th March 2013 around 8.30am.As of May 2014 the main station is being dismantled by Brown and Mason Ltd, a UK-based demolition company. There are plans to replace the station with a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station. The removal of the power station was done in stages with the iconic twin chimneys and the turbine hall of the power station being demolished in a controlled explosion on the 26th of September 2015, the front section of the boiler house being demolished on the 4th of November 2015 and finally the rest of the boiler house being demolished on the 17th of December 2015. This was the last remaining major structure to be removed.
East Lothian (Scots: Aest Lowden, Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear), is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. Archaically, it was also known as Haddingtonshire.
It borders the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh. East Lothian is also the name of a registration county, which has different boundaries to the council area.
The council area was created in 1996, replacing the East Lothian district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, consisting of the old county of East Lothian plus the burghs of Musselburgh and Inveresk, which until then had been in the county of Midlothian.
When abolished, for local government purposes, in 1975, the county of East Lothian bordered the county of Midlothian to the west, and Berwickshire to the south.
Cockenzie's iconic chimneys were demolished by controlled explosion on Saturday 26th September changing the skyline around East Lothian and the Forth forever. We captured the moments leading up to the button press, speaking to former workers at the station and local residents before the chimneys were brought together for the first and last time. Originally operational in the summer of 1967, Cockenzie was officially opened on the 24th May 1968 by the Secretary of State for Scotland, The Rt. Hon. William Ross. The Power Station generated more than 150 Terawatt Hours (TWh) of electricity in its lifetime, enough to power the average annual electricity needs of more than 1 million homes every year during its 45 years of operation. In total, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people have be...
Cockenzie power station was officially opened on the 24th May 1968 by the Secretary of State for Scotland, The Rt. Hon. William Ross. In its lifetime it generated more than 150 Terawatt Hours (TWh) of electricity, enough to power the average annual electricity needs of more than 1 million homes every year during its 45 years of operation. Designed by Sir Robert Matthew (who also designed Edinburgh Airport and the Royal Commonwealth Pool), and famous for its distinctive twin chimney stacks, the station was built with a generating capacity of 1,200MW, comprising four identical units, each capable of generating 300MW. Music: "All This” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A dramatic end to the age of coal in East Lothian. Those demolition engineers know their art!
KABOOM! Cockenzie Power Station demolition 12:00pm on Saturday 26th of September 2015. The power station entered it's final phase of destruction as a controlled explosion took down the twin chimneys. They collided with each other on the way down, smashing the concrete structures to smithereens, causing a huge plume of dust and ash to blow right over Port Seton and Cockenzie in East Lothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The 149m-tall chimney stacks had dominated the local skyline for the past 50 years. The power station, near Prestonpans, generated 150 terawatt hours of electricity every year at its peak and was decommissioned in March 2013. Each of the chimney stacks had 150 holes drilled in it, which were then filled with explosives. The power station's turbine hall was also demolishe...
After many years of service the chimneys and turbine hall were demolished at the former power station in Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland. These landmarks are now gone forever. Just after the explosion, as the chimneys fell, a strange figure rose out of the smoke. The music, 'Mama Told Me (Not To Come)', is by Randy Newman.
P3 pupils from Prestonpans Infant School report on the partial demolition of Cockenzie Primary School on 4.11.2015.
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Aberlady Bay - Gosford Bay - Longniddry - Cockenzie - Musselburgh - Portobello - Arthurs Seat, Dalkieth, Pencitland - Garlton Hills - East Fortune
Why I gathered together my photos to reflect this music: On 31st December 2009, at home in Scotland, I was telephoned by a DJ from Liveireland Radio and told that my People and Songs of the Sea project CD had won 2010 Compendium Album of the Year. Featured in their radio programme, broadcast from stations in Chicago and Dublin, I listened over the internet to the album's recording (the live recording of 100 fisher folk made in the Cockenzie and Port Seton Auld Kirk and featuring local people from Newhaven, East Lothian and to Eyemouth). Having been prompted to "celebrate the fishing community" by my mum in 2006, it was very emotional to hear that the album had won this award and to hear her name (Jean) as they talked about the project's music and exhibitions which in 2009 had been...
old pics of prestonpans
Tulliallan Old Cemetery, Woodlea, Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife, Scotland. The recent restoration of Tulliallan kirkyard has brought to light many previously hidden gravestones. Tour Scotland Scotland Tour Guide: Sandy Stevenson
Ain't a day goes by,
I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Ain't a day goes by,
I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Scored some friends along the way
Did what I did, said what I had to say
And I'd do it all again if I had to today
When all is said and done
I'm the one.
It's a long hard road
when your friends start
to leave you behind
It's a long hard road
when you try to find peace of mind
Some might go for poison
And some go for too much stuff
Some just go to sleep at night
And forget to wake up.
Cocaine eyes
Can't hide your face
It's no surprise
You lose the race
Again.
Ain't a day goes by,
I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Ain't a day goes by,
I don't burn a little bit of my soul
Scored some friends along the way
Did what I did, said what I had to say
And I'd do it all again if I had to today
'Cause when all is said and done
I'm the one.
I'm the one, yeah.
Cocaine eyes
It won't hide your face
It's no surprise
You lost the race
Once again