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 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 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.

Ilford Electricity Works

From Graces Guide

of Ilford

Ilford Municipal Borough Council was begun by the Council's predecessor

1901 Ilford Urban District Council started to supply electricity. The generating plant was at Ley Street.

c.1920 The Electricity Commissioners stopped authorising further extensions to the Ilford generating plant

1920 and 1924 agreements were made by Ilford Municipal Borough Council with the West Ham and East Ham Undertakings, for West Ham to provide bulk supplies to its partner undertakings.

c.1925 After the opening of the County of London Electric Supply Company's Barking Power Station, supplementary bulk supply was taken from there. In


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  • [1] National Archives