Shoreditch Electricity and Refuse Destructor Works
From Graces Guide
c.1896 Shoreditch Vestry was one of the first local authorities to use steam from the destruction of refuse for electricity generation.
Consulting engineers; Kincaid, Waller and Manville
1897 The station was opened by Lord Kelvin; it contained three generators each of 165 kW, and three of 70kW.
It rapidly became apparent that further capacity was needed and extra plant was installed.
By 1902 a new power station had to be constructed at the corner of Whiston-street and Bath-place, Haggerston, on the banks of the Regent's Canal - see Shoreditch Power Station
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Sources of Information
- [1] The early days of the power station industry