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South London Electric Supply Corporation
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.
The South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited was registered on 4 December 1896 and took over the electricity supply interests of the Lambeth Vestry (later the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth) in 1897. The vestry had been granted a provisional order by the Board of Trade to supply electricity to the parish of Lambeth in 1892. The Lambeth Electric Lighting Order 1892 was confirmed by Parliament in the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. ccxx). The supply area was all the Lambeth Vestry/Metropolitan Borough except small parts in the north and south and the detached part of the parish of Streatham.
The corporation had an authorised capital of £325,000 comprising 65,000 shares of £5 each, there were 594 shareholders in 1898. The corporation built a power station in Bengeworth Road Loughborough Junction (51°27′59″N 0°05′48″W / 51.46639°N 0.09667°W) in the Borough of Lambeth together with a high voltage distribution cable network. Part of the agreement with the vestry was that the corporation would burn dustbin refuse receiving 11½d. per ton destroyed and would provide current for 25 street lights free of charge. Electricity supply started in November 1899.
The management board of the South London Electric Supply Corporation in 1898 comprised:
The company offices were at Bengeworth Road, Loughborough Junction, London.
At opening the plant was dual fired by refuse from the Lambeth Vestry and coal to heat water in eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 10,000 Ib/hr each.
Power was generated at 3,000 volts 50 Hz for distribution.
In 1923, the plant at Loughborough Junction comprised:
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South London Electric Supply Corporation
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.
The South London Electric Supply Corporation Limited was registered on 4 December 1896 and took over the electricity supply interests of the Lambeth Vestry (later the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth) in 1897. The vestry had been granted a provisional order by the Board of Trade to supply electricity to the parish of Lambeth in 1892. The Lambeth Electric Lighting Order 1892 was confirmed by Parliament in the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 6) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. ccxx). The supply area was all the Lambeth Vestry/Metropolitan Borough except small parts in the north and south and the detached part of the parish of Streatham.
The corporation had an authorised capital of £325,000 comprising 65,000 shares of £5 each, there were 594 shareholders in 1898. The corporation built a power station in Bengeworth Road Loughborough Junction (51°27′59″N 0°05′48″W / 51.46639°N 0.09667°W) in the Borough of Lambeth together with a high voltage distribution cable network. Part of the agreement with the vestry was that the corporation would burn dustbin refuse receiving 11½d. per ton destroyed and would provide current for 25 street lights free of charge. Electricity supply started in November 1899.
The management board of the South London Electric Supply Corporation in 1898 comprised:
The company offices were at Bengeworth Road, Loughborough Junction, London.
At opening the plant was dual fired by refuse from the Lambeth Vestry and coal to heat water in eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 10,000 Ib/hr each.
Power was generated at 3,000 volts 50 Hz for distribution.
In 1923, the plant at Loughborough Junction comprised: