West Thurrock Power Station
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  West Thurrock Power Station shown within Essex |
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| Operator: | CEGB |
| Fuel: | Coal-fired 1,300MW |
| Commissioned: | 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 1993 |
West Thurrock Power Station was a coal-burning power station on the Thames at Stone Ness, West Thurrock, Essex. The station was close to the northern end of the 380kV Thames Crossing of the National Grid. It was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board. The station had two 175m tall reinforced concrete chimneys.[1]
Unlike many stations further up the Thames, West Thurrock was constructed in the 1950s on a green field site. Construction took several years, which included piling and landfill of the marshy riverside. The station opened in 1962. Later conversion work allowed it to burn a combination of coal, oil and natural gas. It closed in 1993, leaving a stockpile of nearly half a million tonnes of coal which was transported to Tilbury Power Station by Rhine barge.[2]
After demolition part of the site was redeveloped as a works making industrial chemicals, and utilising the former coaling jetty. A proposal to build a large postal sorting office on the former fly-ash lagoons proved controversial due to the wildlife that had colonised the site.
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