Kirkstall Power Station
Kirkstall power station was a coal fired unit opened in 1931, serving the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
It was situated by the River Aire north west of Leeds and had its own wharf for delivery of coal via the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
The station was equipped with two British Thomson-Houston 25 MW turbo-alternators.[1] An additional 30 MW turbo-alternator was ordered from BTH in 1935.[2] By 1948, further extensions to the site had increased its combined generating capacity to around 200 MW.[3]
The station was converted to oil firing but closed in 1976. The power station has now been demolished.
The wharf used to unload coal is now a Marina for canal and pleasureboats. None of the structure remains, with the majority of the power station site covered by a secure caravan storage depot, golf course and artificial football pitches with the rest of the site now forming part of the Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve. The major substations adjacent to the former power station still remain, supplying electrical power to much of Burley, Kirkstall, Armley and Bramley.
References
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (British Newspaper Archive). 12 February 1931. p. 6. Missing or empty
|title=(help); (subscription required) - ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (British Newspaper Archive). 29 October 1935. p. 4. Missing or empty
|title=(help); (subscription required) - ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (British Newspaper Archive). 6 March 1948. p. 3. Missing or empty
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Coordinates: 53°48′15″N 1°35′33″W / 53.80421°N 1.59245°W
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