#cockenzie

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Cockenzie couple

[sparkysparklesuphigh]

This is Cockenzie House. It's now a home to artists, wood workers, and lots of other independent businesses. They have art classes and yoga classes too! It's a big community hub for the towns/villages in the area, just shows what a community can achieve when they take over "old money"

[shemaronwistaria]

Running In The Sun

Have you ever begun your day expecting one thing and ended up finding something quite different? This happened to me 4 years ago when I went to find the old Weatherhead boatyard in Cockenzie. I wasn’t sure exactly what I expected, probably to indulge an interest in ex-industrial areas with the added bonus that Shemaron had been built in this boatyard in 1949. When I look back, however, it is the…

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East Lothian Council likely to buy Cockenzie site

East Lothian Council likely to buy Cockenzie site

Scottish Power has confirmed that East Lothian Council is the preferred bidder to purchase the former Cockenzie Power Station site. The demolition of the former power station was witnessed by many Depute Council Leader Norman Hampshire said: “East Lothian Council believes that the former Cockenzie Power Station site presents an important opportunity for economic development and to meet the…

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An Unintended Monument

On 26th September 2015 the chimneys and turbine hall of Cockenzie power station were demolished. A landmark that could be seen for many miles disappeared. A lot of people were happy to see them go. They considered them a blight on the landscape. But I will miss them. They were part of the terrain of East Lothian for me. You could stand on Portobello beach in east Edinburgh and on the horizon you would see the two main landmarks of the East Lothian coastline. North Berwick Law and the chimneys of Cockenzie. I have used both of these as anchors to many an image taken along that coast.

[viewfromtheoutside]

Demolition

Port Seton, East Lothian, 2015.

As the clock struck 12pm today it marked the end for the iconic twin chimney stacks of Cockenzie Power Station. Following a controlled detonation on the hour, the chimneys which have stood sentry over the East Lothian countryside for more than 50 years, finally fell to the ground amid a cloud of dust. This was an emotional time for many present; whilst no-one can deny the obvious problems associated with fossil fuel based energy, the station itself had become an integrated part of the local community, and source of employment for many over the past 5 decades.

[misterft]

Perpendicular

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Cockenzie #16 Via Flickr: