Eggborough power station as well as contractors. Alongside Ferrybridge Power Stations, Eggborough used to pump ash from the incineration process to a piece of land south of the railway line, The M62 and the Aire and Calder Navigation called Gale Common Ash Disposal. The area covered and was landscaped by Brenda Colvin into a hill with contours (she was said to have been inspired by Maiden Castle Hill Fort in Dorset). The hill reaches a height of and stands out amongst the rather flat landscape of this part of North Yorkshire. The station was built for, and initially operated by, the Central Electricity
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