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 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Lemington Power Station

From Graces Guide

Lemington Power Station, a coal-fired power station on the Lemington Gut, a backwater of the River Tyne, at Lemington west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Built by Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Co. Lemington provided power to a tram system, as well as lighting local streets and houses.

1903 The station was opened with generating capacity of 970 kilowatts.

1919 The station closed

1946 Partially demolished but then was locally listed.

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