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1998 A gas turbine power station was commissioned on the site. | 1963 [[Barugh Power Station]] was decommissioned | ||
1976 [[Ferrybridge A Power Station]] closed | |||
1981 [[Mexborough Power Station]] was decommissioned | |||
1982 The [[Thornhill Power Station]] was decommissioned and was subsequently demolished. | |||
1998 A gas turbine power station was commissioned on the Thornhill site. | |||
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of Wellington Road, Dewsbury.
1901 The company was incorporated on the 26 July, under the Yorkshire Electric Power Act, to construct electrical generating stations for providing a supply of electrical energy throughout the greater part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. [5]
1902 Thornhill Power Station commissioned
1913 Barugh (pronounced Bark) power station, near Barnsley, commissioned.[6]
1926 Construction of Ferrybridge Power Station began
1927 Ferrybridge power station was commissioned[7]
1927 Transmission Lines and Cables Construction Co., Keighley, received the contract from Yorkshire Electric Power Co to build the Ferrybridge-Beal-Snaith 33kv overhead line. The masts and towers were a combination of 'H' girder steel masts, lattice steel masts, lattice steel angle masts and lattice steel angle towers. They were designed and supplied by W. T. Henley (Henley Overhead Transmission).[8]
1932 Completion of the construction of the National Grid in the Mid-East England area; 16 power stations were interconnected using 322 miles of 132kV transmission lines, including new stations at Kirkstall and Ferrybridge; a secondary system was established in South Lincolnshire and Rutland in order to open up agricultural districts using 202 miles of 33kV lines[9]
1932 Registered the North Lincolnshire and Howdenshire Electricity Co as a subsidiary in order to supply electricity in an area adjacent to the existing service area[10]
1948 Nationalised[11]
Subsequently:
1963 Barugh Power Station was decommissioned
1976 Ferrybridge A Power Station closed
1981 Mexborough Power Station was decommissioned
1982 The Thornhill Power Station was decommissioned and was subsequently demolished.
1998 A gas turbine power station was commissioned on the Thornhill site.