Very sad to see the control room being demolished - I’m sure it could have been fitted into the new development plans - such an iconic building - very sad 😢 Fantastic drone footage - such a huge area … Great video Matt 👍👍
Blown up on my birthday ! My cousin never told me that, but I'm sure she would have there on the beach of Weston Shore watching . I managed a B&B in Southampton where the workers stayed weekly. I don't remember what exactly their jobs were. Something to do do with large rooms / containers that had to be scrubbed and cleaned. They were a nice bunch of blokes. Later I moved over to Weston shore and a group of us often sat on the beach in the summer evenings where we could see the flame that never went out. So many happy memories now awakened. Thank you Matt, that's a great video 💖💖
This is weird as i live in calshot,one road in and out,i have takin a video of the demolition of the chimney from my garden, the ground shook quite bad and we were told to keep windows open on the house luckily nothing broke,Its a really nice walk along the beach huts at cashot to the back of the demolished refinery through the woods to the pub jolly sailor,thank you matt for this great video,wish i knew you were in the area i would of invited you round for snacks and a beer it would of been good to meet you.keep up the good work.
Yes, oil is expensive, but this is madness when we are faced with possible power cuts. One thing they don't tell you is that despite the fact it was oil fired, Fawley power station was one of the most efficient in the UK. We only contribute 1% of global CO2, yet China is building 30+ new coal fired stations. Man made 'climate change' is a scam - China has the right idea. Great video, impressive footage. I did visit the circular control room when this was an operational power station and watched it fire up in the evenings when it was needed.
Another brilliant video Matt thank you mate I've not been very I'll for the last 5 days so your videos have been keeping insane cheers and of course Happy New Year to you and Angel
I worked at Fawley for 13 years and happy to answer any questions, the nationalised power industry was there to keep the lights on. A little sad to see it all getting "junked" some of the instruments in those panels would have been maintained by me at somepoint. i think it was the tightening of emissions laws maybe around the sulphur content of the fuel. Yes does anyone remember acid rain and how it was going to destroy the whole of scandinavia.
@@taramaloney9501 I think it was bad in the construction phase with the asbestos, some said at times it was raining dust. Things had settled down by my time as I started as an apprentice in 1981 and full time qualified from 1985. 1989 saw the regulations come in for asbestos so precautions came in and there was a huge plan to remove the asbestos and replace with rockwool. Unfortuantely asbestos was seen as a wonder material and was used in everything from ironing boards to electric toasters.
Great drone footage, Matt. Reminds me of when they demolished our local power station here in Kent. Best wishes to you and lovely Angel, for the New Year.
I think the music is by Pipe Choir, one of my favourites is "children of the sun" on another of Matts videos. The two are a great compliment to each other!
The set of four large square pits is where the cooling water pumps sat. These drove a 10 foot main and the pumps the biggest in the world at the time could shift 18 cubic metres of sea water per second!
@TheSecretVault are those wind turbine blades and are they planned for installation or already been removed? Enjoyed the drone footage, they don't build like this anymore.
The blades are made on the Isle of Wight, shipped across on the blade runner barge which you can see in Matts video. Once on site they are painted, weighed and then placed into the blue shipping frames for transportation to Portsmouth docks. They are moved around the site using the 2 white combo lift gantry cranes. At Pompy they are loaded onto another vessel for shipment to destination. Matt did you know about the tunnel system underneath this area and under the river ?
Superb footage and piloting skills Matt. Such a shame about the control room. No doubt to be replaced with an unimaginative waterside apartment building or maybe a swanky, overpriced bistro of some sort once this development is complete.
Looks like they are going to use windmills on the site FFS, why pull down a perfectly good oil burning power station for something that is obsolete without wind, the mind boggles. Anyway happy new ear Mat
the pathway leads to the control room basement which was mainly refrigeration compressors for the air conditioning and the AHU air handling units as was some of the central core and the roofspace
Another superb video showing how the UK is destroying its heritage! Surely a preservation order on the saucer structure or re-purpose it. Looks like moonbase alpha or something from a 70’s Gerry Anderson set! Happy New Year. 👍👍
Wow can't believe how flattened that place is already, Been past many times defo did not look like that few years ago lol. My grandad use to be a welder there welding the oil pipes in that place. Such a shame too see.
Beautifully done matt 👌
Very sad to see the control room being demolished - I’m sure it could have been fitted into the new development plans - such an iconic building - very sad 😢
Fantastic drone footage - such a huge area …
Great video Matt 👍👍
Interesting Matthew Thank you very much
Simply brilliant. Happy New Year Matthew.
Great footage Matt. Have a great New Year To Yourself And Angel.
Fantastic video Matt!! Hope you and Angel have a fantastic new year! Can’t wait for new explores next year!😁
Great drone.
Happy New Year Matthew!
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Blown up on my birthday ! My cousin never told me that, but I'm sure she would have there on the beach of Weston Shore watching . I managed a B&B in Southampton where the workers stayed weekly. I don't remember what exactly their jobs were. Something to do do with large rooms / containers that had to be scrubbed and cleaned. They were a nice bunch of blokes. Later I moved over to Weston shore and a group of us often sat on the beach in the summer evenings where we could see the flame that never went out. So many happy memories now awakened. Thank you Matt, that's a great video 💖💖
Ps Happy New Year Matt and big cuddles for Angel. 💖💖
Great video, massive site! Happy new year's to you and Angel, Matt!
Happy new year to you and angel look forward to more explores by foot bike or boat fantastic drone footage cheers matt
Absolutely stunning Matt, the footage and music gave me chills!
Great footage , amazing music 🎶😸
Awesome Matt as always
It has been gutted, just a shell now! 😮
Looks like they are building a wind farm there next!
Wind turbine blades are painted onsite as they are manufactured down on the Isle of Wight
This is weird as i live in calshot,one road in and out,i have takin a video of the demolition of the chimney from my garden, the ground shook quite bad and we were told to keep windows open on the house luckily nothing broke,Its a really nice walk along the beach huts at cashot to the back of the demolished refinery through the woods to the pub jolly sailor,thank you matt for this great video,wish i knew you were in the area i would of invited you round for snacks and a beer it would of been good to meet you.keep up the good work.
Happy new year Matt and angel 🐕 stay safe and well👍🍺🎉🥳
Great footage :)
Spectacular,So smooth an precise with the camera and what a lovely place sad its been flattened
Yes, oil is expensive, but this is madness when we are faced with possible power cuts. One thing they don't tell you is that despite the fact it was oil fired, Fawley power station was one of the most efficient in the UK. We only contribute 1% of global CO2, yet China is building 30+ new coal fired stations. Man made 'climate change' is a scam - China has the right idea.
Great video, impressive footage. I did visit the circular control room when this was an operational power station and watched it fire up in the evenings when it was needed.
Another brilliant video Matt thank you mate I've not been very I'll for the last 5 days so your videos have been keeping insane cheers and of course Happy New Year to you and Angel
I worked at Fawley for 13 years and happy to answer any questions, the nationalised power industry was there to keep the lights on. A little sad to see it all getting "junked" some of the instruments in those panels would have been maintained by me at somepoint. i think it was the tightening of emissions laws maybe around the sulphur content of the fuel. Yes does anyone remember acid rain and how it was going to destroy the whole of scandinavia.
My dad and uncle worked here too. Sadly my uncle passed 15 years ago duecto asbestosis from working there.
@@taramaloney9501 I think it was bad in the construction phase with the asbestos, some said at times it was raining dust. Things had settled down by my time as I started as an apprentice in 1981 and full time qualified from 1985. 1989 saw the regulations come in for asbestos so precautions came in and there was a huge plan to remove the asbestos and replace with rockwool. Unfortuantely asbestos was seen as a wonder material and was used in everything from ironing boards to electric toasters.
Great drone footage, Matt. Reminds me of when they demolished our local power station here in Kent. Best wishes to you and lovely Angel, for the New Year.
Afternoon mate
Happy New Year!
What a waste! They should have at least kept the saucer building.
unfortunately the New Forest DC had their say so that was that!
I thought they were ?
I think the music is by Pipe Choir, one of my favourites is "children of the sun" on another of Matts videos. The two are a great compliment to each other!
Amazing Matt your drone footage and music love it masterpiece the secret vault enjoyed it great viewing👍👍👍👍
What a fun day 😆 as ever best drone footage out there 👍
Amazing drone cinematography and music Matt 🫶🏼 Happy New Years 🍾🥂🎉
The set of four large square pits is where the cooling water pumps sat. These drove a 10 foot main and the pumps the biggest in the world at the time could shift 18 cubic metres of sea water per second!
Fantastic place that building should of been saved amazing footage and great music keep up the good work
What was that thing in the water in the closing shot while the chimney was brought down?
Love your videos Matt, what's the soundtrack please ?
Happy New Year 🎇
@TheSecretVault are those wind turbine blades and are they planned for installation or already been removed? Enjoyed the drone footage, they don't build like this anymore.
The blades are made on the Isle of Wight, shipped across on the blade runner barge which you can see in Matts video. Once on site they are painted, weighed and then placed into the blue shipping frames for transportation to Portsmouth docks. They are moved around the site using the 2 white combo lift gantry cranes. At Pompy they are loaded onto another vessel for shipment to destination.
Matt did you know about the tunnel system underneath this area and under the river ?
@@markyambler05 Thanks
Superb footage and piloting skills Matt. Such a shame about the control room. No doubt to be replaced with an unimaginative waterside apartment building or maybe a swanky, overpriced bistro of some sort once this development is complete.
Thanks for a cool video and have a great new year and all the bast to u and angel
Well as all ways an interesting bit of history captured by the master keep up the hard work all ways interesting to watch proper job
I assume this will be another "green" energy site
Very interesting
Great video Matt I can see this from my house ( Hamble)
What is the background music? It is very ethereal
Looks like they are going to use windmills on the site FFS, why pull down a perfectly good oil burning power station for something that is obsolete without wind, the mind boggles.
Anyway happy new ear Mat
The turbine blades are just stored there. They’re made on the Isle of Wight and brought over to the mainland on a barge and stored on site.
Welcome to my neck of the woods I’m in and out of the site once a week it’s shocking how quick they got rid of it.
I might fly mine when down that way next, Southampton docks would be good as well
Would have been good to see a credit for the music, as it really made a great cinematic experience. (as always)
Good footage loved the music(who is the artist please)?
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@@OLIFAB thank you
That pathway at 3:00 heading toward something underground needs further investigation for the fans xx
It just goes to a small HVAC plant room underneath the building.
the pathway leads to the control room basement which was mainly refrigeration compressors for the air conditioning and the AHU air handling units as was some of the central core and the roofspace
That was Smashing
Interesting video btw ;-)
When were the pictures captured Matt?
a few days ago.
What a waste of some good buildings.
It looks like they are building a bunker at the side.
Everyone: power shortage
misaligned ai: demolish the power stations
Isn't that where they filmed the opening scenes of Solo ? The newish Star Wars Han Solo movie.
Its been in a few films as well including Star Wars and Doctor Who!
That tower would make a nice house.
Another superb video showing how the UK is destroying its heritage! Surely a preservation order on the saucer structure or re-purpose it. Looks like moonbase alpha or something from a 70’s Gerry Anderson set! Happy New Year. 👍👍
Wow can't believe how flattened that place is already, Been past many times defo did not look like that few years ago lol. My grandad use to be a welder there welding the oil pipes in that place. Such a shame too see.
nise bit of drone footage youd need a lifetime to explore that by foot
Yes very sad to see love the music who by THANKS
looks like all shit waste went straight into sea
See all them wind turbine blades? We paid for them Bill Gates earned money off them.
Security didn't like you flying around, I hope you got away from there ok?
2:17 would be great for the crApple UK HQ - tiny "UFO" just as their taxes paid here... 👊🎤
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Amazing Matt your drone footage and music love it masterpiece the secret vault enjoyed it great viewing👍👍👍👍
Amazing Matt your drone footage and music love it masterpiece the secret vault enjoyed it great viewing👍👍👍👍