Halifax Power Station
From Graces Guide
1892 Halifax Corporation applied for a Provisional Order under the Electric Lighting Acts to generate and supply electricity to the town.
1893 The Halifax municipal refuse destructor was the first such plant in Britain to generate electricity from refuse.
1894 The power station was built in Foundry Street Halifax and first supplied electricity in December 1894.
1898 the generating capacity was 600 kW and the maximum load was 295 kW. Subsequently the equipment was modernised and enlarged.
1923 A further 10MW Curtis turbo-generator was supplied by BTH
1948 nationalisation of the electricity industry
Late 1960s: the power station was decommissioned
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