Doncaster Power Station

Doncaster Power Station refers to two coal-fired electricity generating stations situated in the centre of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Doncaster A provided electricity to the town from 1900 to 1958, and the B station from 1953 to 1983.

Doncaster Corporation was granted the Doncaster Corporation Electric Lighting Order 1898 by the Board of Trade, this permitted the corporation to supply electricity to the town. A power station was built in 1900 in Grey Friars' Road (53°31′34″N 1°08′18″W) near the River Don New Cut canal which provide access for coal barges and water for condensing steam in the plant. The station provided the electricity supply to the tram system from 1902.

By 1923 the plant comprised one 1,100 kW and two 3,000 kW turbo-alternators which provided a 3-phase, 50 Hz AC supply at 3,000 Volts. The DC plant comprised two 200 kW and one 300 kW reciprocating engines plus one 650 kW steam turbine providing a 230 and 460 Volt DC supply plus a 550 Volt DC traction current. The total installed generating capacity was 8,350 MW.

In 1923 the power station generated 5.83 GWh and sold 4.236 GWh which produced an income of £49,448 and a net surplus of revenue over expenses of £26,727. There were 6,041 connected consumers, an increase from 4,939 two years previously. In 1927 the Central Electricity Board (CEB) assumed responsibility across the country for directing the operation of ‘selected’ power stations and paying for their operation. Doncaster power station became a selected station. Doncaster Corporation had the right to buy the electricity they required from the Board. The CEB built the first stages of the National Grid between 1927 and 1933. Upon nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948 the ownership of Doncaster power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority, and subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). At the same time the electricity distribution and sales responsibilities of the Doncaster electricity undertaking were transferred to the Yorkshire Electricity Board. By 1954 the generating capacity of the station was 10 MW. In the final years th

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