Kearsley Power Station
| Kearsley Power Station | |
|---|---|
Kearsley Power Station | |
| Country | England |
| Location | Greater Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53°32′22″N 2°21′33″W / 53.53944°N 2.35917°W |
| Status | Decommissioned and demolished |
| Commission date | 1929 |
| Decommission date | 1980 |
| Operators | Lancashire Electric Power Company (1929–1948) British Electricity Authority (1948–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1948–1981) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Cooling towers | 5 |
| Cooling source | Circulating water cooling towers |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 52 MW, 2 ×51.66 MW (1971) |
| Units decommissioned | All decommissioned |
| Annual net output | 294.949 GWh (1971) |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
grid reference SD763047 | |
Kearsley Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Stoneclough, near Kearsley, Bolton, England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H. F. Parshall for the Lancashire Electric Power Company. The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising two British Thomson-Houston (B.T.H.) turbo-alternators rated at 32.25 megawatts each powered by steam supplied from eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 75,000 lb/hr. Further extensions became Kearsley 'B' (1936/38), with two more B.T.H. turbo-alternators each capable of producing 51.6 megawatts. Finally Kearsley 'C' (1949) was completed with two more B.T.H. machines rated at 52 megawatts each. The station closed in 1980 when only 'B' station remained operational. The 5 cooling towers were demolished during the week of 14 May 1985.