Fawley Power Station Control Room

Fawley was the first computer controlled power station in europe.

Fawley power station control room. The main control room at fawley is one of these astounding ancillary buildings. Completely unlike the bauhaus glass of the turbine hall behind it the tracy island industrial control room was dubbed the flying saucer by the press because that is exactly what it looks like. The power station off the b3053 fawley bypass is planned to be replaced with 1 500 homes. The second series of british medical comedy green wing featured a scene that was shot in the control room.

Some scenes for the 2015 movie mission. The control room has also featured in star wars movie solo and tv series red dwarf and green wing. Fawley power station admin and control block. Back to fawley main page.

Completely unlike the bauhaus glass of the turbine hall behind it the tracy island industrial control room was dubbed the flying saucer by the press because that is exactly what it looks. Part of my remit was the maintenance of the 4 english electric kdf7 mainframe computers. But now bit by bit fawley power station is being taken apart. It has dominated the local skyline for over 50 years.

Standing in the eerie empty room. The unique round structure housing the control room for the station was used to represent the world control center building depicted in the 1975 movie rollerball. The main control room at fawley is an astounding ancillary building. Impossible rogue nation were filmed on location at fawley power station.