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Agecroft Power Station was situated between the eastern bank of the [[Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal]] and the western bank of the River Irwell at Agecroft, Pendlebury, near Manchester, (opposite to [[Agecroft Colliery]]). | Agecroft Power Station was situated between the eastern bank of the [[Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal]] and the western bank of the River Irwell at Agecroft, Pendlebury, near Manchester, (opposite to [[Agecroft Colliery]]). | ||
The station was built for Salford Corporation; the original scheme made provision for 4 main generating units, each of 12,500 kW, but only 3 were installed. | The station was built for [[City of Salford Electricity Department|Salford Corporation]]; the original scheme made provision for 4 main generating units, each of 12,500 kW, but only 3 were installed. | ||
1925 Formal opening of the station (see British Pathe newsreel of the occasion [https://youtu.be/U6DeR6gj3Nc]). | 1925 Formal opening of the station (see British Pathe newsreel of the occasion [https://youtu.be/U6DeR6gj3Nc]). | ||
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1928 Plans were drawn up for an extension of the station; a 20,000 kW turbo-generator unit and two boilers were then installed. | 1928 Plans were drawn up for an extension of the station; a 20,000 kW turbo-generator unit and two boilers were then installed. | ||
1948 Nationalisation of the electricity industry. | |||
1950 A second station was commissioned on the site (B); this had four [[International Combustion]] pulverised coal boilers and two [[Metropolitan Vickers]] 55 megawatt (MW) generating sets. | 1950 A second station was commissioned on the site (B); this had four [[International Combustion]] pulverised coal boilers and two [[Metropolitan Vickers]] 55 megawatt (MW) generating sets. | ||
Revision as of 18:17, 13 January 2025
Agecroft Power Station was situated between the eastern bank of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and the western bank of the River Irwell at Agecroft, Pendlebury, near Manchester, (opposite to Agecroft Colliery).
The station was built for Salford Corporation; the original scheme made provision for 4 main generating units, each of 12,500 kW, but only 3 were installed.
1925 Formal opening of the station (see British Pathe newsreel of the occasion [2]).
This station was later referred to as "A".
1928 Plans were drawn up for an extension of the station; a 20,000 kW turbo-generator unit and two boilers were then installed.
1948 Nationalisation of the electricity industry.
1950 A second station was commissioned on the site (B); this had four International Combustion pulverised coal boilers and two Metropolitan Vickers 55 megawatt (MW) generating sets.
1959 The C Station was commissioned; this used two 124 megawatt (MW) Metropolitan Vickers generating sets giving a total generation capacity of 358 MW across the B and C stations.
The stations operated until 1993 and were demolished the following year. HM Prison Forest Bank has since been built on the site.[1]
Stations B and C were totally demolished, the building of station A survived and has been put to use as the HQ of a Salford company, IT Lab[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [3] Wikipedia