Radcliffe Power Station

Radcliffe Power Station

Radcliffe Power Station was a coal fired power station in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened by the Earl of Derby on 9th October 1905cite book | date = February 19th 1922 | title = Lancashire Electric Light and Power | publisher = The Times newspaper, page 22] . It originally had two 1,500 kW turbo sets made by British Thomson-Houston. Electricity was generated at 10 kV, Radcliffe was the first power station in the country to transmit by bare electrical conductors at 10 kV. [Electricity in Manchester, Roy Frost, Neil Richardson 1993, ISBN 1852160756] The station was closed in 1959.

The station was operated by The Lancashire Electric Power Company.

In May 1926 it was reported by The Times newspaper that the cost of generation per unit of electricity was .25d (approximately £0.001 today), the cost per unit sold being .483d (approximately £0.002). The station had delivered 125,727,060 units of electricity.cite book | date = May 21 1926 | title = Lancashire Electric Light and Power | publisher = The Times newspaper, page 26]

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External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/radcliffeuk/buildings/electric-works.html An image of Mount Sion road that shows the station in the distance (click electric works mount sion link)]


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