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Wessex Electricity Co

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1927 The Wessex Electricity Co was formed to develop an integrated power supply system over a large area of southern England. The Wessex company took over several company and municipal electricity undertakings including the power stations at Amesbury, Andover, Chipping Norton, Downton, Frome, Lymington, Newbury and Yeovil. The company aimed to modernise, rationalise and integrate the distribution networks of its constituent companies. At Lymington the coal-fired plant was decommissioned and oil fuelled internal combustion engines were installed.

1936 Owned the following: West Wilts Electric Light and Power Co; Abingdon Electric Supply Co; Wantage Electric Supply Co; Cirencester Electric Supply Co; Tisbury Electric Supply Co; Cookham and District Electricity Corporation; Yeovil Electric Light and Power Co; Urban Electric Supply Co.[1]

1939 the share capital of the Wessex company was wholly owned by Edmundsons' Electricity Corporation Limited.

1948 Nationalised

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Western Gazette - Friday 05 June 1936
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