Abandoned power station inside the Rock of Gibraltar, accessed underground.
Calpe Hole Generating station is an abandoned power station in Gibraltar within the Rock of Gibraltar. It is accessed via the Great North Road. The station’s turbines were manufactured by Ruston, later taken over by English Electric. Its roof was constructed by Herbert Morris Ltd from Loughborough.
Calpe Hole Generating station is an abandoned electrical power station in Gibraltar. It lies within the Rock of Gibraltar and is accessed through the Great North Road. The facility is identified as a power station located in the administrative territory of Gibraltar, within the country of the United Kingdom, and is owned and operated by the Government of Gibraltar. The power station is recorded with a status of abandoned. The turbines installed in the station were made by Ruston, an engine builder that was subsequently taken over by English Electric in the early twentieth century. The roof structure of the station was manufactured by Herbert Morris Ltd, a company based in Loughborough. Information about construction dates, commissioning, decommissioning, generating capacity, and operating units is not provided in the available sources. The site is documented in online reports that describe visits to the interior, reflecting ongoing interest in the disused facility. Calpe Hole Generating station is included among power stations in Gibraltar and is associated with media held on Wikimedia Commons. Despite its abandonment, it remains a notable example of Gibraltar’s former electrical infrastructure, embedded within the Rock of Gibraltar and connected to the territory’s internal road network via the Great North Road.
