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词条 Eastgate, County Durham
释义

  1. Geothermal plant

  2. Weardale Railway

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Use British English|date=November 2011}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2011}}{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|official_name= Eastgate
|coordinates = {{coord|54.745|-2.077|display=inline,title}}
|population =
|civil_parish = Stanhope
|unitary_england = County Durham
|lieutenancy_england = County Durham
|region= North East England
|constituency_westminster= North West Durham
|post_town= Bishop Auckland
|postcode_district = DL13
|postcode_area= DL
|dial_code=
|os_grid_reference= NY951389
}}Eastgate is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163.[1]

Eastgate originally marked the eastern border of the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham. This was second in extent only to the royal hunting park of the New Forest in Hampshire. Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge, the founder of the world's first department store, was born in the village.[2]

Geothermal plant

In 2004 it was announced that a hot geothermal power plant would go ahead on the site of a former cement works. The geothermal plant was planned to heat the UK's first geothermal energy model village,[3] the official working title being Eastgate Renewable Energy Village.[4] But the plan fell through, and instead of the village a large outdoor set was built for the filming of the ITV series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, first broadcast in 2016.

The exploratory geothermal borehole drilled in December 2004 was the first to be completed in the United Kingdom for more than 20 years.[5] The water temperature at a depth of {{convert|995|m|ft}} was found to be 46.2 °C, and it was estimated that the water temperature of a production borehole with a depth of about {{convert|1800|m}} would be in the range of 75–80 °C, with a volume of water similar to that already being exploited in the existing geothermal energy scheme in Southampton.[5]

Weardale Railway

The plans for the energy village included constructing a terminus for the Weardale Railway, which currently runs between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope

See also

  • Geothermal power in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Wear Valley Settlement Summary Sheets |publisher=Durham County Council |url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/$file/Wear+Valley+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=14 October 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007090304/http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/%24file/Wear+Valley+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf |archivedate=7 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^Anne Pimlott Baker, ‘Bainbridge, Emerson Muschamp (1817–1892)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2010 accessed 29 April 2011
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4096231.stm |title='Hot rocks' found at cement plant}}
4. ^http://www.weardale-works.co.uk/
5. ^{{cite journal |last=Manning |first=D.A.C.|author2=P.L. Younger |author3=F.W. Smith |author4=J.M. Jones |author5=D.J. Dufton |author6=S. Diskin |title=A deep geothermal exploration well at Eastgate, Weardale, UK: a novel exploration concept for low-enthalpy resources |journal=Journal of the Geological Society |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=371–382 |year=2007 |url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/2/371 |doi=10.1144/0016-76492006-015 |access-date=6 August 2007 |format=abstract}}

External links

{{Commons category inline|Eastgate, County Durham}}{{Durham-geo-stub}}

1 : Villages in County Durham

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