Inside Pigeon House Powerstation, Dublin

UrbexJunkie

I figured this would be a good thread as people generally have a curiousity about places like this and its not often you get to see photographs of these wonderful places. Photo's were taken with a Canon 300D + 10 - 20mm Sigma

Pigeon House Powerstation, Co Dublin, Ireland

The History

Poolbeg is situated adjacent to the now-decommissioned Pigeon House generating station, where electricity was first generated in 1903. The Pigeon House was previously a military barracks and the officers accommodation building still exists. It was used for power generation until it was decommissioned in 1976, and the Poolbeg plant is still known locally as the Pigeon House.

The modern Poolbeg station was constructed in two separate phases, beginning in the 1960s. The ESB decided to construct the station in 1965 and the initial development was completed in 1971 with the construction of Units 1 and 2 at a cost of 20 million Irish pounds. The original Pigeon House generators remained on standby duty until 1976. Unit 3 was completed in 1978 at a cost of 40 million pounds.

The combined cycle station was constructed in the 1990s. CG14 was commissioned in 1994, CG15 in 1998 and ST16 in 2001.

























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Victor

If I'm correct

Pigeon House (single brick chimney) http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swq21ngghkrz&lvl=18.122879461126114&dir=6.943986561520124&sty=b&FORM=LMLTCC

Poolbeg (two tall chimneys) http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swq03ggght08&lvl=18.122879461126114&dir=6.943986561520124&sty=b&FORM=LMLTCC

Shelly Banks (four smaller chimneys) http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swq01mggj1kr&lvl=18.122879461126114&dir=6.943986561520124&sty=b&FORM=LMLTCC

Dublin Bay Power Station http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swpydwgggn15&lvl=17&dir=0&sty=b&FORM=LMLTCC I think the station at this site before this was called Ringsend

North Wall http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=swrgvvggg3z1&lvl=18.159942498645314&dir=8.304521081584967&sty=b&FORM=LMLTCC

Prenderb

Great shots, lovely set taken of a rare building! Should I ask the question everyone wants the answer to? How'd you get in?!

UrbexJunkie

Yeah the single chimney is the one. Well for safety reasons i wont out right say how to get inside but when you go have a look around the area you will see how its not to hard but be prepared to be confronted if seen.

I wanted to share this report to see if other rare photo's come up of the inside and out as i found boards to be great for resources such as this.

Fenster

The bad tone-mapping hurts my eyes, but it doesn't make it any less exciting to see photographs from inside the power station!

UrbexJunkie

Fenster wrote: »

The bad tone-mapping hurts my eyes, but it doesn't make it any less exciting to see photographs from inside the power station!

Here this might help

uniqueusername

So its easy enough to get in? Any dogs lol? Great pics!

scribe1

been loving the UE stuff poping up round dublin love the shots

pearljamfan

i remember the pics from a while ago and keep thinking about them cos im going to be dong a trash the dress shoot soon, id love somewhere like that to do it in, but i dont think id dare.

scribe1

yea there is a huge pub near me i tryed to before but was to over looked during the day came back later and gates had be locked up would of loved to get some shots from in side befor its turned into flats or a ig car park