Aghada 220kV Substation

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Aghada Power Station

Power station

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aghada power station is a gas-fired power station located near the entrance of Cork Harbour in Aghada, County Cork. It was built at this location in order to use gas that had been discovered at the nearby Kinsale Head gas field, from which gas was extracted from 1978 until its depletion in 2020. Aghada Power Station is situated 460 metres southwest of Aghada 220kV Substation.

Spit Bank Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. Spit Bank Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Aghada 220kV Substation.

Cove Fort

Castle

Photo: Charles Vallancey, Public domain.

Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour. Cove Fort is situated 4 km northwest of Aghada 220kV Substation.

Places in the Area

Whitegate

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg.

Cobh

Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.

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