Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Accrington Electricity Works

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1913. Accrington Electricity Works.

1913 1000 HP gas engines driving alternators installed by National Gas Engine Co and Bruce Peebles and Co Ltd - see photo

1948 A new generating station was to be constructed by the British Electricity Authority at Huncoat, Accrington, with ultimate capacity of 120,000kW. The initial equipment would be will be two 30,000kW turbo-alternators, generating at llkV, stepped up to 33 kV through machine transformers. There will be three pulverised fuel boilers. The principal consulting engineers are Messrs. Kennedy and Donkin; Mouchel and Partners, Ltd., were responsible to them for civil engineering works.

1952 The new power station commissioned and the old one closed down - see Huncoat Power Station

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