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Hackney Power Station
Hackney Power Station (also known as Millfields Power Station or Millfields Electricity Generating Station) was a coal-fired power station situated at Lea Bridge on the River Lee Navigation in London. It was commissioned in 1901 and decommissioned in 1976.
The "A" station, opened in 1901, was built by the Borough of Hackney. Upon nationalisation of the electricity industry in 1948, the power station passed to the British Electricity Authority. It originally burned local refuse as well as coal. The A station closed in 1969.
Following nationalisation, a "B" station was built, coming to use between 1954 and 1957. The B station was itself closed on 25 October 1976 with a generating capacity of 92 MW. It has been partially demolished, a sub-station remaining in part of the original buildings.
Coal was originally shipped up the Navigation from the Thames. However, in later years, as lighterage declined, up to thirty lorries per day transported coal to the station; the station was isolated from the railway system by the Lea and Hackney Marshes.
In 1967 it was reported by a resident that coal dust from lorries delivering coal to Hackney power station "lies like a black carpet in the front of our houses". A Ministry of Transport spokesman said that delivering coal to the station by road instead of barges saved £33,450 a year.
Parts of the site and the land immediately adjacent to it now serve as the Hackney Council Millfields Waste Depot and electricity substations operated by UK Power Networks and National Grid, including 66kV, 132kV, 275kV and 400kV substations.
The power station and its chimney features in a 1977 silent short film by experimental filmmaker John Smith titled Hackney Marshes - November 4th 1977.
New generating equipment was added as the demand for electricity increased. The generating capacity, maximum load, and electricity generated and sold was as follows:
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Hackney Power Station
Hackney Power Station (also known as Millfields Power Station or Millfields Electricity Generating Station) was a coal-fired power station situated at Lea Bridge on the River Lee Navigation in London. It was commissioned in 1901 and decommissioned in 1976.
The "A" station, opened in 1901, was built by the Borough of Hackney. Upon nationalisation of the electricity industry in 1948, the power station passed to the British Electricity Authority. It originally burned local refuse as well as coal. The A station closed in 1969.
Following nationalisation, a "B" station was built, coming to use between 1954 and 1957. The B station was itself closed on 25 October 1976 with a generating capacity of 92 MW. It has been partially demolished, a sub-station remaining in part of the original buildings.
Coal was originally shipped up the Navigation from the Thames. However, in later years, as lighterage declined, up to thirty lorries per day transported coal to the station; the station was isolated from the railway system by the Lea and Hackney Marshes.
In 1967 it was reported by a resident that coal dust from lorries delivering coal to Hackney power station "lies like a black carpet in the front of our houses". A Ministry of Transport spokesman said that delivering coal to the station by road instead of barges saved £33,450 a year.
Parts of the site and the land immediately adjacent to it now serve as the Hackney Council Millfields Waste Depot and electricity substations operated by UK Power Networks and National Grid, including 66kV, 132kV, 275kV and 400kV substations.
The power station and its chimney features in a 1977 silent short film by experimental filmmaker John Smith titled Hackney Marshes - November 4th 1977.
New generating equipment was added as the demand for electricity increased. The generating capacity, maximum load, and electricity generated and sold was as follows: