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 167,710 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Chesterfield Power Station

From Graces Guide

1901 Chesterfield power station started to supply electricity to the town of Chesterfield. The station was owned and operated by Chesterfield Corporation.

It was redeveloped as demand for electricity grew and old plant was replaced, and had a generating capacity of 6.9 MW in the 1920s.

1929 The power station was selected for the Mid-East England Electricity Scheme[1]

1948 Nationalised.

1958 The station closed on 1 April.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Jan. 19, 1929