Brimsdown Power Station
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Coordinates: 51°39′38″N 0°01′18″W / 51.660484°N 0.0218°W
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  Brimsdown Power Station shown within Greater London |
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| Operator: | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Fuel: | Coal-fired |
| Commissioned: | 1907 |
| Decommissioned: | 1974 |
Brimsdown Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the Lee Navigation at Brimsdown in Enfield, North London.
[edit] History
The first station was brought into operation by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co. between 1904 and 1907, before officially opening in 1907. It was used primarily to supply the local tramways. The station was extended between 1924 and 1955, supplying power to the wider area of Enfield and Essex.[1]
Brimsdown Power Station was the only known British example of the Loeffler boiler system. It was a system that enjoyed a brief vogue in the 1930s, mainly in Europe. It overcame metallurgical and feedwater quality problems but rapid advances rendered it unnecessary quite quickly.[2]
Coal was supplied by barge and rail. The station had seven cooling towers which were visible from a wide area. The two stations were run by the nationalised Central Electricity Generating Board in their later years, before both closing in 1974.
A 392MW gas-fired CCGT station was opened on a part of the original site in 1999, known as Enfield Power Station or Enfield Energy Centre rather than Brimsdown Power Station. This has been operated by E.ON since 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ 'Enfield: Public services', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 243-245. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26956. Date accessed: 23 November 2007.
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/133290
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