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Stourport Electric Power Station

From Graces Guide
1927.
1927.
1927.
1951.

1923 Construction of the power station started for the Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Co; planned capacity was 12-15 MW.

1927 J. T. H. Legge was engineer.[1]

1928 Selected for the Central England Electricity Scheme[2]

Post-WWII Construction of Stourport 'B' station for the British Electricity Authority

1950 First generating set commissioned. [3]

1954 when commissioned the station's English Electric turbines had the most advanced steam conditions of any turbine in the UK's public supply system, at 1500 psi, 1050°F.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer 1927/06/17
  2. ↑ The Times Mar. 21, 1928
  3. ↑ The Engineer 1951/01/05
  • The Engineer 1950/09/27
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