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Inchindown Fuel Depot - Support Buildings

There are a few further surface structures at Inchindown. Looking along the access track:

This is the structure identified on the map as 'reservoir (covered)'. I'm not entirely certain if it's anything to do with the fuel depot - it could just be a reservoir for the farm. It's immediately in front of the main portal however, so I'm inclined to think it may be a holding tank for oil-contaminated seepage water.

Photo: Inchindown - reservoir
Photo by: Mike Ross

This is the structure shown on the map as 'El Sub Sta'. Right next to a pole with a transformer, unsuprisingly. Camouflage paint still somewhat intact. My father seems to recall his father keeping bees around this substation!

Internally it's pretty much stripped:

(but updated Sept. 2003: look closely at the high-resolution version of this image and you will see the meters are very modern LCD devices. The piece of paper on the floor behind the door turned out to be a postcard from Scottish & Southern. Dated April 2003, it said 'we've just fitted new meters'!

So there IS still activity at this site.

This is the 'unknown' structure. Small brick building, one part lower than the other, no internal features whatever, door at each end. Suggestions on a postcard....

Words and images © 2003 Michael J. Ross