Taylors Lane Power Station

The first, coal-fired, station was built in 1903 by Willesden Urban District Council and sold to the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company (Northmet) in 1904.[2] Northmet subsequently supplied Willesden Urban District Council with electricity. It was known as Willesden power station but was later called Taylors Lane to distinguish it from another Willesden power station at Acton Lane. Generating capacity increased from 300 KW in 1903, 20.25 MW in 1923, to 28.6 MW in 1937.[3] By 1961 the installed capacity was 11.5 MW; the station produced 1.076 GWh in that year and had a thermal efficiency of 5.91 per cent.[4]

Coal was delivered to the site by railway. There were two sidings off the Acton Branch (Dudding Hill) railway.[5] The sidings were extant in 1990 although they had been disconnected from the railway by 2005.[6]

This coal-fired power station closed in 1972.[2]