Stoke-on-Trent power station
former coal-fired power station in England
Central Power House (Hanley) supplied electricity to the county borough and later city of Stoke-on-Trent, England and the surrounding area from the 10 April 1913 to the 1960s. The power station was initially owned and operated by Stoke-on-Trent Corporation, then by the North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station operated in conjunction with power stations at Burslem, Hanley (original smaller power station adjacent to the site of the Central Power House), Stoke-upon-Trent and Longton.
History
Hanley
Electricity was first made available in the Potteries area from a power station at Bethesda Road, Hanley, adjacent to the Trent and Mersey Canal (53°01′02″N 2°10′21″W). This was owned by Hanley Corporation, who had been authorised to supply electricity under the Hanley Electric Lighting Order 1891, and first generated electricity on 26 July 1894.
The station had a generating capacity of 624 kW, and supplied 100Hz AC power. In 1898 it supplied 255,383 kWh to 30 customers, plus 96,379 kWh for public lamps. In 1913 it contained two Ferranti engines with central flywheel disc alternators (of 300 kw. and 600 kw. capacity), and two Howden-Westinghouse high-speed direct-coupled revolving field units (with a capacity of 500 k.v.A. each).
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