Kingston Power Station
of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey (later Greater London)
1893 See Engineering 1893/12/08 for description and drawings of Kingston upon Thames Electric Lighting Station. The site was land adjoining the Corporation sewage works. The buildings were designed and erected under the supervision of Major Macaulay , the borough surveyor, by Messrs. Allen and Sons, of Kilburn.
1930 From Engineering: "The history of electricity supply in Kingston dates back to 1893, the plant at that date, consisting of one 25 kW two 50 kW and one 100-kW sets ...... Energy was generated at 2,100 volts and a frequency of 77, the voltage at the consumers' terminals being 105. .... Shortly afterwards two 38-kW sets, generating at 1,000 volts, were added for arc lighting purposes, and a 15-kW set-driven by a Robey gas engine, was installed for use during the day time. .... In 1913, two 270 kW MAN-Siemens Diesel sets were installed .... during the later part of the WWI two 1,000-kW Brush-Ljungstron sets were installed, and two 1,000 kW frequency changers were also installed to convert three-phase to single-phase. .... A further extension, in the form of a 2000 kW Brush-Ljungstrom unit, and a 30,000-lb. Vickers horizontal-tube boiler was carried out in 1923..... The latest extension consists of a Stirling five drum water-tube boiler .... The turbine is of the Brush-Ljungstrom type, with two alternators with an aggregate output of 3750 kW".[1]
1948 The 1947-1952 programme of the Central Electricity Board included construction of 38 new power stations, the first being the 120-MW station at Kingston-upon-Thames, which was inaugurated by H.M. the King this year.[2]
Kingston Power Station was a coal-fired generating station on the Thames. It ceased generating in 1980 and has been demolished.[3]
The two 250-foot chimneys were demolished in 1994.[4]