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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Notting Hill Electric Lighting Co

From Graces Guide

1891 Generated electricity at a station in High St, Notting Hill by 700 hp generator; distributed at 200V using the d.c. system with accumulators[1]

1899 Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Co and Notting Hill Electric Light Co started construction of the Wood Lane Power Station

1909 One of 5 companies in London that the London County Council proposed to acquire[2]

1923 Main transmission lines were acquired by the London Electricity Joint Committee which also acquired the Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush generating station[3].



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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Aug 19, 1891
  2. The London Gazette 19 November 1909
  3. The Times, Oct 16, 1928