Peel Ports have advised that, at about 11:00 (soon after low water) on 7 September 2016, the Grain Power Station Chimney will be demolished. The 244 metre high chimney is an important landmark used by mariners to establish their position.
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Medway and Swale Boating Association
The voice of boating on the tidal Medway and Swale
Should leave it alone , you know you are home when you see . When our boat comes in to stoke we always look for the lights it is a guide.
Definitely agree, it is a landmark for many & will be sorely missed, bit late for a preservation order, I am surprised that no formal objections had been made earlier.
Finally coming down then!
I am a little concerned as residents have not been formally informed ,we all live extremely close to the chimney ,when other buildings have been demolished in towns the residents that live close have all been evacuated ,and our chimney is extremely tall and when it comes down it must be going to have some sort of impact on the village
Please check on google maps you’ll see a shadow of the chimney cast. That’s as far as it will fall. These people are professionals. It’s NOT going to fall on you house lol. I mean really
Leave it be, it is a landmark and I shall miss seeing it outside my living room window. Is there a reason it needs to go?
It should be left as it is. For all those people that worked on it. Plus it glids you home.
Should leave it there it’s a good sight to see when sailing back in rough water
What time is this happening
Thank god it’s going the things an eyesore. Fingers crossed the steel mill will eventually go as well
Its a land mark if you don’t like it then why move there it was there long before you ever was .
I lived on the isle of Sheppey all my life and it’s been there since b4 I was born. If it’s used as a land mark that much for boats then they need there equipment updated so Coz once it’s gone there in trouble
Yet another victim of the hated European Union ,a perfectly good working power station with at least anougher twenty years operational life,sacrificed to stupidity
And social engenering,just to please the “green”tree lovers .
The ever changing waterfront … its something that has happened for centuries and will continue to do so. I watched, as a boy, its build and that of Kingsnorth a decade earlier. Then the river was a ‘dirty’ place, fumes belched noxious and sooty. Now we are so fortunate to have a place full of such a diversity of wildlife, quiet anchorages and a wild landscape. Man-made, yes, but none the less beautiful.
Yes, it will be sad to see it go: it provided a beacon to head for when coming down the Swin … but leave it, no: who will care for it, maintain it. The Thames shores are littered with good intentions. Let it go. Enjoy its downfall and the memories…
To correct comment about blame of EU – the closure of the Medway’s power stations has been on the cards for years and came about from Britain signing up to the agreement discussed in Japan in 1997 and ratified in 2005 – the Kyoto Protocol – NOTHING to do with the EU. The latest round has, at long last brought the world’s greatest polluters, the USA and China on board, yet again, nothing to do with the EU!
I heard there are boats sailing out for people to view the demolition… does anyone know if it gets rough out in the estuary? Don’t want to spend money just to chuck up for hours on end and miss it all…(Not very good in boats as I have funny ears)..
Forecast for Wednesday is for a light southerly wind, however, one does not have to be a float to get a view. This can be done along the waterfront at Queenborough – grandstand even… There must be good views in Grain itself too, but not from Sheerness where Garrison Point’s structures will obscure view from accessible shore.
I was thinking of driving to queenborough, would this be better than riverside country park??
Good riddance to the thing.The Isle of Sheppey did suffer from the effects of the pollution from the chimney and the steelworks and lets not forget the fragrant glueworks, especially when the wind was in the wrong direction.
Curious that it is usually those least affected by the downsides of pollution who display most affection for the generators of the stuff.
Is everyone going to be lost at sea now? Lol
I was born on the Isle of Grain, in the shadow of this landmark. One of my earliest memories was seeing the chimney as we drove by and my parents reassuring me that we were almost home. A little sad that its going.