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Stafford power station

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prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station was redeveloped in the 1920s, but after 1935 it was a standby plant used at times of peak demand. Stafford power station was decommissioned in 1958.
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coupled by ropes to Elwell-Parker dynamos. In 1898 the generating capacity was 198 kW and the maximum load was 80 kW, there were 6,200 lamps on the circuits.
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Stafford power station was bought by the North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority in April 1930, and was operated under the direction of the
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Stafford power station was decommissioned in 1958. The buildings were demolished and the area has been redeveloped with commercial facilities.
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Ordnance Survey 25 inch England, Staffordshire XXXVII.11 (Hopton And Coton; Stafford), revised 1900, published 1901
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In 1946 Stafford power station sent out 5,035 MWh of electricity, the maximum load was 7432 kW.
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The total evaporative capacity of the boilers was 107,000 lb/hr (13.5 kg/s).
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at 550 & 590 °F (13.8 bar at 288 & 310 °C) , steam was supplied to:
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c. cxciii). The power station was built north of the corporation gas works near the
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In 1898 82,172 kWh was sold to 90 consumers, plus 41,729 kWh for public lamps.
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Coal-fired boilers generating up to 62,000 lb/h (7.8 kg/s) of
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to generate and supply electricity to the town. This was granted by the
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In 1890 Stafford Corporation applied for a provisional order under the
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Generation of Electricity in Great Britain year ended 31 December 1946
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These machines gave a total generating capacity of 2,600 kW of
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The operating data for the period 1921–23 is shown in the table:
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The original plant at Stafford power station comprised Marshall
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A variety of electricity supplies were available to consumers:
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from 1 April 1934. From 1935 it was used as a standby station.
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Operating data for the period 1947–58 is shown in the table:
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1 × 500 kW reciprocating engine driving a generator
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1 × 220 kW reciprocating engine driving a generator
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Electricity supply in the United Kingdom: a Chronology
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Condenser cooling water was drawn from the River Sow.
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2 × Stirling boilers 20,000 lb/h (2.5 kg/s)
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Steam driven reciprocating engines and steam turbines
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Steam conditions were 180 psi and 525 °F (12.4
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1 × Stirling boiler 40,000 lb/h (5.0 kg/s)
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1 × Stirling boiler 15,000 lb/h (1.9 kg/s)
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1 × Stirling boiler 12,000 lb/h (1.5 kg/s)
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Index

England
Stafford
52°48′31″N 02°07′18″W / 52.80861°N 2.12167°W / 52.80861; -2.12167
Commission date
British Electricity Authority
Central Electricity Authority
Central Electricity Generating Board
Nameplate capacity
Annual net output
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Stafford
North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority
Electric Lighting Acts
Board of Trade
Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 8) Act 1890
54 & 55 Vict.
River Sow
Central Electricity Board
compound engines
steam
reciprocating engine
turbo-alternator
alternating current
direct current
50 Hz
bar
psi
English Electric
Central Electricity Board
national grid

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