Poole Power Station


of Poole
1947 Work by the Bournemouth and Poole Electricity Supply Co started on the station. The ultimate capacity would be 200MW provided by two 50MW Metropolitan-Vickers turbo-alternators and two 50MW Parsons sets. Steam would be supplied at 900 lb per sq. in and 925 deg. Fah. by eight p.f.-fired International Combustion boilers, each of 300,000 lb per hour rating.
1950 The first of the Metropolitan-Vickers turbo-alternators would be commissioned[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Engineer 1948/01/02, page 8
- The Engineer 1949/05/27, page 582.