The Nottingham Corporation Electricity Department was responsible for the production and supply of electricity in Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1948.
The Nottingham Corporation Electricity Department was responsible for the production and supply of electricity in Nottingham, England, from 1894 to 1948.
Although the Nottingham Corporation began to discuss the lighting of the town in 1889, [1] the initial commercial use of electricity was a private venture with a small engine which supplied current for lighting a few shops on one side of Market Street in 1891. [2]
Nottingham Corporation obtained a Provisional Order from the Board of Trade in 1890 to generate and supply electricity [3] Plans were laid by Nottingham Corporation in 1892 and it acquired a site between Talbot Street and Wollaton Street known as Holborn Villas for £11,000 (equivalent to £1,223,000in 2020). [4] The construction of the first power station started on 4 September 1893. The engines and dynamos were manufactured by Siemens and Co of Westminster, and the engines were of the Willans central valve type. [5] The main supply in the streets was provided via insulated cables drawn through bitumen concrete cases provided by Callender's Bitumen Telegraph and Waterproof Company of London and Erith. The cables were laid in conduits in the streets, and the initial provision covered Chapel Bar, Long Row, Market Street, Pelham Street, Carlton Street, Smithy Row, Exchange, Exchange Row, Cheapside, Poultry, Victoria Street, South Parade, Albert Street, St. Peter's Square, Wheeler Gate, Beastmarket Hill and Angel Row.
The Talbot Street power station opened on 18 September 1894. Up to 31 March 1895 it is recorded that the maximum supply of electricity was 134 kilowatts. There were 114 consumers. [6] One of the first was St Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham which installed electric lighting in a restoration in 1894. [7]
The rapid increase in demand for electricity occasioned by the electrification of Nottingham Corporation Tramways led to the construction of the second power station at St. Ann's Well Road. This opened in 1902. Both the Talbot Street and St Ann's Well Road power stations were designed by Arthur Brown, the Nottingham City Engineer. [8] In 1908 the St Ann's Well Road power station was expanded with new 800 h.p. boilers. [9] In 1913 a new exhaust steam turbine was introduced to improve efficiently. [10]
The city centre location of the power stations was inconvenient as the coal had to be delivered along city streets at great expense, and cooling water taken from the city mains supply. To improve efficiency and meet increasing demand a temporary power station was opened in North Wilford on the bank of the River Trent in 1922 which had a free supply of condensing water, and was close to Clifton Colliery.
Wilford Power Station, designed by the Nottingham City Engineer, T. Wallis Gordon, replaced it in 1925, at which time the demand for electricity was 12,722 kilowatts. [11] Demand grew significantly and by the end of 1933 it had reached 40,800 kilowatts. [12]
In 1927 the chimneys on the Talbot Street Power Station were removed and the building was converted to be a sub-station for the supply from Wilford. [13] The power station at St Ann's Well Road was decommissioned and offered on a lease in 1928.
The company was subsumed into the East Midlands Electricity Board on 1 April 1948 [14] along with the undertakings in Leicester, Derby, Burton-on-Trent and Coventry, the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Power Company, the Mid Lincolnshire Electric Supply Company, the Leicester and Warwick Electric Power Company, the Northamptonshire Light and Power Company.
Wilford power station was a coal-fired electricity generating station situated on the north bank of the River Trent, at Nottingham in the East Midlands.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) is a civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was originally set up in 1873 as a tramway company called "Bombay Tramway Company Limited". The company set up a captive thermal power station at the Wadi bunder in November 1905 to generate electricity for its trams and positioned it to also supply electricity to the city and re-branded itself to "Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways (BEST)" Company. In 1926, BEST also became an operator of motor buses. In 1947, the BEST became an undertaking of the Municipal Corporation and rebranded itself to "Bombay Electric Supply & Transport (BEST)". In 1995 the organisation was renamed to "Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST)" alongside Mumbai. It now operates as an autonomous body under the Municipal Corporation.
Doncaster Power Station refers to two coal-fired electricity generating stations situated in the centre of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Doncaster A provided electricity to the town from 1900 to 1958, and the B station from 1953 to 1983.
The City of London Electric Lighting Company Limited (CLELCo) was a British electricity undertaking. It was formed in July 1891 to generate and supply electricity to the City of London and part of north Southwark. It owned and operated Bankside power station on the south bank of the river Thames. The company provided and stimulated demand for electricity, increased its generating capacity, and competed and co-operated with other electricity undertakings in London. The company was dissolved on 1 April 1948 when the British electricity industry was nationalised.
The Charing Cross and Strand Electricity Supply Corporation Limited was a British electricity undertaking. It was incorporated as a public company in 1889 to generate and supply electricity to parts of the City of Westminster, Holborn and later the City of London. From 1925 it worked jointly with other companies as part of the London Power Company. The company was abolished on 31 March 1948 when the British electricity industry was nationalised, and its assets were transferred to the British Electricity Authority and the London Electricity Board. The Charing Cross Corporation's Bow power station continued in operation until 1969.
Ribble Power Station was a coal-fired electricity generating station on the River Ribble in Penwortham near Preston, Lancashire. The station was built by the Corporation of Preston to replace a small privately-run generating station in the town. It supplied electricity to Preston and the surrounding area from 1923 until 1976. The station was expanded with new equipment in 1943–47 which remained in operation until the power station was closed in 1976 and was subsequently demolished.
The Electric Lighting Acts 1882 to 1909 are Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. They comprise four public general Acts: the Electric Lighting Act 1882 ; the Electric Lighting Act 1888 ; the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 ; and the Electric Lighting Act 1909. The 1882 Act was the first public measure to facilitate and regulate the early electricity industry in the UK. It enabled the Board of Trade to authorise the supply of electricity in any area by a local authority, company or person. Its provisions allowed suppliers to avoid the effort and expense of promoting Private Parliamentary Bills to regularise their legal powers to supply electricity. The 1888 Act amended the 1882 Act and extended the local authority reversion period from 21 to 42 years. The Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 incorporated in one Act the clauses and provisions contained in provisional orders made under the 1882 and 1888 Acts. It laid down common principles to be incorporated in all provisional orders. The Electric Lighting Act 1909 amended the earlier legislation to reflect the need to reorganise electricity supply to take into account technical developments in the generation and transmission of electricity. The Electric Lighting Acts were amended by subsequent legislation, such as the Electricity Act 1947 which nationalised the electricity supply industry. The Electric Lighting Acts 1882 to 1909 were repealed in their entirety by the Electricity Act 1989, which privatised the UK electricity supply industry.
Carlisle power stations were two electricity generating stations that supplied electricity to City of Carlisle and the surrounding area from 1899 until 1980. The first power station (1899–1927) was in the centre of the city near Nelson Bridge, and the second larger station was at Willow Holme North-West of the city (1923–1980).
Sculcoates power station supplied electricity to Kingston upon Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area from 1898. An earlier 1893 station in Dagger Lane had operated public lighting in Hull Old Town. Sculcoates power station was built and operated by Kingston upon Hull Corporation on a site in Sculcoates Lane adjacent to the Beverley and Barmston Drain. The power station was increased in size as demand for electricity grew, it was redeveloped several times: including major rebuilds in 1927–29 and in 1938–1952. The power station was closed in 1976 and was subsequently demolished.
Bath power station supplied electricity to the City of Bath and the wider area from 1890. The station was originally built and operated by the City of Bath Electric Lighting and Engineering Company Limited. The power station was on a site in Dorchester Street adjacent to the Old Bridge over the River Avon. The City of Bath Corporation assumed ownership in 1897. The power station was redeveloped several times: including a major rebuilding with new equipment in the 1920s. The station was closed in the late 1960s and was subsequently demolished.
The South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Company Limited was a British electricity undertaking. It was established in 1904 upon the amalgamation of two south London companies which had supplied electricity in south east London since 1893. It owned and operated a power station at Blackwell Point and one at Penge. From 1925 it formed an association with three other London companies, with the intention of centralising electricity generation in the new, high thermal efficiency, power station at Barking. The South Metropolitan Company was abolished in March 1948 upon the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry.
The South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited was a British electricity undertaking. It was established in 1896 to supply electricity to the parish/borough of Lambeth in south London. The Corporation owned and operated a power station at Loughborough Junction. From 1925 it formed an association with three other London companies to centralise electricity generation in the new, high thermal efficiency, power station at Barking. The South London Electric Corporation was abolished in March 1948 upon the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry.
Greenhill power station supplied electricity to the town of Oldham, England and the surrounding area from 1921 to 1960. It replaced the older Rhodes Bank generating station and was superseded by Chadderton B power station. Greenhill power station was owned and operated by Oldham Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station was built over the period 1921–24 and was decommissioned in 1960.
The Macclesfield group power stations are three relatively small electric power stations at Alderley Edge, Buxton, and Macclesfield, England. They supplied electricity to their respective towns from 1890s to the 1960s. The oil-engine stations were operated by a succession of private and public owners prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948. The power stations were redeveloped as a group in the 1950s as demand for electricity grew and old plant was replaced.
Burnley power station supplied electricity to the town of Burnley, Lancashire from 1893 to the 1958. The electricity station was owned and operated by Burnley Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948. It was redeveloped as demand for electricity grew and old plant was replaced, and had an ultimate generating capacity of 8 MW in the 1920s. The station closed in 1958.
The Newport power stations supplied electricity to the town of Newport and the surrounding area from 1895 to the late 1970s. The original power station was in Llanarth Street which supplied electric lighting; a larger station, known as the East power station, was built in Corporation Road from 1903. They were owned and operated by Newport Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The East power station was redeveloped in the 1920s and 1940s to meet the increased demand for electricity.
Nelson power station supplied electricity to the town of Nelson, Lancashire and the surrounding area from 1892 to 1960. The power station was owned and operated by Nelson Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. It was redeveloped in 1922 to 1925 to meet the increased demand for electricity.
Warrington power station supplied electricity to the town of Warrington, Lancashire and the surrounding area from about 1900 to 1979. The power station was initially developed by the Warrington and District Electric Light and Power Company Limited, this was taken over by Warrington Corporation, which operated the power station prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. It was redeveloped several times to meet the increased demand for electricity.
Arthur Brown M.Inst. C.E. was City Engineer for Nottingham, England from 1880 to 1919.
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