| Past Generating Stations AVON
Comm. supply: 1920's Comm. supply: 1890 .......... ........... 1200kW DC (1922) Comm. supply: 1902 .. DC & AC systems Comm. Supply: 1902 1st phase Willans engines X2, 2nd Phase Parsons Turbines 1903 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2) Chewton Keynsham .. Waterwheel Comm.supply: 1889 at Bath Hill Comm. supply: 1892 Comm. supply Phase 1 Mar 2000(755MW) Phase 2 Jan 2001(385MW) creating integrated output of 1140MW SOMERSET
Comm. supply: 1904 closed 1935 .... Building still there, unusual in that it never had boilers and steam. Comm. supply: 1914 closed 1926 Comm. supply: 1928 ....... 3-suction gas engines Comm. supply: 1914 at Beasley .... Waterwheel 50kW Armfield turbines with 75v 30amp.Crompton Alternator Taken over by Exe Valley Co. 1930 Corrugated iron shed still standing (just). Comm. Supply:1965 HINKLEY POINT B Nuclear Power Station(2 Adv.Gas.Cooled Reactors)1250MW 8 AEI/GEC Alternator sets Comm Supply:1973 Comm. supply: 1902 2) Marshfield Rd. Alcombe .. 1023kW (1930) .. (Existing Elec. Depot 1999) Comm. supply: 1909 closed 1932 .. reported Parson Street building still there Comm. supply: 1905 ..... Building still there, originally known as "Gas Lane" Power Station A .. .. .. 2) Portishead Dock - Portishead A (Bristol Corp) Comm. supply: 1929 -Decommissioned 1970 approx ..Demolished Power Station B .. .. .. 3) Portishead Dock - Portishead B (CEA/CEGB) Comm. supply: 1960 -Decommissioned 1982 ....... Demolished Comm. supply: 1915 Taken over by Christy's (Mid-Somerset Co) Purchased by North Somerset Co. in 1929 Comm. supply: 1886 from Corporation St. premises, moved to James St. 1889 {Demolished 1980) Comm. supply: 1908 Building still there as S/S but burnt down 1999 Comm. supply: 1916 (factory only) 2 Crossley Suction Gas Engines Comm. supply: 1901 owned by BET Co. Ltd. Part buildings still there as S/S Comm. supply: ? ......... Acquired by North Somerset Co. in 1930 Comm. supply: 1923 DEVON
Comm. supply: 1926 ....... Taken over by Exe Valley Co. 1930 Comm. supply: 1903 ........ Building still there as S/S Comm. supply: 1922 ........ (Building still there 1999) Comm. supply: 1927 1920 – 60HP Crossley Engine & waterwheel 46kW Comm. Supply : probably in 1910 when Dartmoor E.S Co established. 1920 –220v DC Comm. supply: 1923 .... Taken over by the Culm Valley Co. Comm. supply: 1909 ...... Taken over by Bideford & District Co. 1934 (driving 2x62.5 kW dynamos) Comm. Supply: 1921 Comm. supply: 1911 .... Remained an individual Co until nationalization Comm. supply: 1906 .. .. .. 2) Holne Road (1913) Taken over by Torquay 1931 Comm. supply: 1925 Comm. supply: 1891 Started by Mr. Reed taken over by West Devon Co., transferred to BEA/CEGB in 1948, recently closed. Building still there. Comm. supply: 1923 ..... Remained an individual Co. until nationalization Comm. Supply : 1923 ... Remained a non-stat company until two years after nationisation!! Comm. supply: 1923 ....Taken over by Culm Valley Co. and closed in 1930 Comm. supply: 1902 .. Owned by Urban Electric Supply Co. Ltd. Comm. supply: 1911 .. .. Building still standing but in state of demolition, part S/S Comm. supply: 1902 .... Recently Demolished 1994 Comm. Supply: 1953.....Buildings demolished Boilers by Thompson Comm. supply: 1889 ..... 2) Haven Road (1902) building still there THIS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE PERIOD & MUST BE PRESERVED Comm. supply: 1905 Taken over by East Devon Co. in 1929 and closed Comm. supply: 1910 Owned by Christy Bros. absorbed into West Devon Co. Comm. supply: ? ....... Taken over by East Devon Co. in 1931 Comm. supply: 1903 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2) Keaton Road .......... 60kW(1930) & Gas Engine Comm. supply: 1909 .... IMPORTANT:-Building & aqueduct still there Comm. supply: 1890 Lynton & Lynmouth Co. Buildings swept away by floods Comm. supply: 1932 Built by West Devon Co. (Christy's) OPERATIONAL Comm. supply: 1934 Built by West Devon Co. (Christy's) OPERATIONAL Originally built by Urban Electric Supply Co., taken over by Torquay Corporation in 1926. Large station built in 1927. Both now demolished. Comm. supply: 1923 2nd station decommissioned 1974 Comm. supply: 1888 ... Taken over by West Devon Co. in 1929 Comm. supply: ? ........ Taken over by East Devon Co. in 1930 Comm. supply: 1909 ... Station closed in 1930 supply from Torquay Comm. supply:(A) 1899, (B) 1956, Decomm. : (A) 1974, (B) 1981 Both stations demolished Comm. supply: 1930 Comm. supply: 1924 as Seaton & District El. Light Co. Ltd., Offices Sidmouth Street (Building exists occupied by Crossroads Christian Centre) Comm. supply: 1928 ....... Taken over by Culm Valley Co. in 1930 Comm. supply: 1923 ... Taken over by East Devon Co. in 1929 & closed Comm. supply: 1927 ... Taken over by Exe Valley Co. in 1930 Comm. supply: ?... W.G. Heath & Co Taken over by Christy Bros. 1931 Comm. supply: 1922 Comm. supply: 1924 ... Remained an individual co. until nationalization Comm. supply: 1898 ... 2) Wharf Road, Newton Abbot Both stations removed Comm. supply: 1904 .....Taken over by Torquay in 1934 & closed.. DORSET
Comm. supply: 1929 ..... Bridport Corporation Comm. supply: 1909 (non-stat) CORNWALL
Comm. supply: 1908 .. taken over by West Devon E.S. Co. in 1935 Comm. supply: 1902 by Urban Electric Supply Co. Ltd. taken over by Cornwall E.P. Co. (Edmundsons) in 1906. Ceased Generation in 1911, when rotary convertors installed for DC to the Trams. Part buildings still there, part of Cornwall College - Recently demolished. Comm. supply : 26th March 1925 DC 230volt – Shutdown in 1932, when changed to AC on take-over by Urban ESC .. (Now a 33/11kV S/S) Comm. supply: 1906 by Electric Supply Corp. 503kW(1926) .. (Now Demolished) Comm. supply: 1909 ... First site closed in 1927 New Station in 1920 by St. Austell & District E.L. & P.Co.Ltd. Comm. supply: 1911 by Cornwall E.P. Co. .. Decommissioned : 1976 Demolished except Control Room Comm. supply: 1912 by Launceston E.S. Co .. .. Now demolished * Next to railway in a disused quarry, 1952 sawmill, now Ind. Estate. Comm. supply: 1925 Liskeard Gas & Elect. Co.(Non-stat). Taken over by CEPC in 1936 Supply c/o to 415/240v in 1932. Building remains as S/S Comm. supply: 1896 taken over in 1934 by St. Austell C/O to AC 50cycles Comm. supply: 1906 By Newquay E.S. Co. Taken over by Urban El. S. Co. '28 Comm. supply: 1886 (Mr. Veale) 220/100v DC 230/110v AC 787kW(1930) Comm. Supply: 1927 (Details to be researched) |
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