Peppermint Power Plant, Germany

Peppermint Power Plant, Germany

A small powerplant that supplied a paper mill in Germany, with a nice peppermint green turbine

Visited April 2017  Germany Germany Abandoned

This little power station was built to provide electricity to an adjacent paper mill. The plants two Steinmüller boilers proudly display dates below their maker’s plates showing boiler one was commissioned in 1954 and boiler two in 1965. The turbine hall features a single Siemens turbine in a lovely shade of peppermint green. A control panel is situated to one end of the turbine, with a wall of gauges and dials to the other end for ancillary systems.

The paper mill and power station were closed in 1999. The power station has fared well, with very few signs of vandalism, while the paper mill itself appears to have been stripped out.

Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - The single Siemens turbine
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – The single Siemens turbine
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Siemens alternator
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Siemens alternator
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Minty coloured turbine with control panel behind
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Minty coloured turbine with control panel behind
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Another view of the turbine
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Another view of the turbine
Peppermint Power Plant - Wide view
Peppermint Power Plant – Wide view
 
Peppermint Power Plant - Side view
Peppermint Power Plant – Side view
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Turbine hall with turbine and control panels
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Turbine hall with turbine and control panels
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Very nice control panel
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Very nice control panel
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Control desk in the same shade of green
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Control desk in the same shade of green
Peppermint Power Plant - Gauges in turbine hall
Peppermint Power Plant – Gauges in turbine hall
 
Peppermint Power Plant - Steinmuller plate
Peppermint Power Plant – Steinmuller plate
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Steinmuller boiler number one
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Steinmuller boiler number one
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Front view of boiler number two
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Front view of boiler number two
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Control panels in the boiler house
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Control panels in the boiler house
Peppermint Power Plant - Tanks in boiler house
Peppermint Power Plant – Tanks in boiler house
 
Peppermint Power Plant - Small laboratory area
Peppermint Power Plant – Small laboratory area
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany - Gauges underneath the turbine
Peppermint Power Plant, Germany – Gauges underneath the turbine
Peppermint Power Plant - Boiler house basement
Peppermint Power Plant – Boiler house basement
 
Peppermint Power Plant - Crumbling cupboards
Peppermint Power Plant – Crumbling cupboards
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