Brunswick Wharf Power Station
Brunswick Wharf Power Station was a coal- and oil-fired power station on the River Thames at Blackwall in London.
The station was planned from 1939 by Poplar Borough Council
1947 Construction started on the site of the former East India Export Dock, itself originally the Brunswick Dock of the Blackwall shipyard.
Main building contractor was Peter Lind and Co with Redpath Brown and Co supplying the steelwork, Tileman and Co building the reinforced concrete chimneys and Marples, Ridgeway and Partners being the main civil engineering contractors.
Six Metropolitan-Vickers turbo-alternators were installed; Clarke, Chapman and Co and John Brown and Co supplied the 11 boilers.
1952 The first phase of the station was commissioned (years later than planned)
1956 The station was finally completed
1957 the alternators were uprated to produce a total of 118 MW.
1970-1 Converted to oil-firing.
The final configuration of the station was 4 x 55 MW generators and 2 x 60 MW hydrogen cooled generators.
1984 Decommissioned and the site was redeveloped.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia