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1900 The coal-fired powered station was opened by Greenock Corporation[1]. It was also used to burn municipal waste for a while, which was not unusual for power stations of that era.
1903 The station was constructed with capacity of 12,000 kW.[2]
Coal was delivered by railway.
Mid-1950s The power station closed.
Ownership of the site transferred to the South of Scotland Electricity Board in the early 1960s.
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