Sunderland Power Station

Sunderland Power Station
Location of Sunderland Power Station in Tyne and Wear
Official name Sunderland power station
Country England
Location Tyne and Wear, North East England
Coordinates 54°54′42″N 1°23′47″W / 54.911609°N 1.396324°W / 54.911609; -1.396324Coordinates: 54°54′42″N 1°23′47″W / 54.911609°N 1.396324°W / 54.911609; -1.396324
Decommission date 1976
Operator(s) Central Electricity Generating Board
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal-fired
grid reference NZ388576

Sunderland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the bank of the River Wear, in the city centre of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The station operated into the 1970s,[1] but in October 1975, the Central Electricity Generating Board gave 12 months notification of the station's closure.[2] It finally closed on 25 October 1976, with a generating capacity of 34 megawatts.[3] The station was then demolished in 1979.[4] The cooling tower in particular was demolished in February of that year. The power station's site is now occupied by a PC World outlet.[5]

In 1962 the station was featured in L. S. Lowry's painting of Sunderland's dockside. The painting is now in the collection of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Stafford Linsley (1973). "Landscape photo looking through the Wearmouth Railway Bridge at the power station in the Ayres Quay area.". http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/. Retrieved 2008-12-28. External link in |work= (help)
  2. ↑ Mr. Eadie (5 December 1975). "Power Stations". Hansard. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Mr. Redmond (16 January 1984). "Coal-fired Power Stations". Hansard. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Marshall, Ray (3 April 2007). "THE Fred Dibnahs of this world are few and far between. They take their lives in their hands to bring down unwanted buildings in one fell swoop, or one almighty explosion.". http://www.wiki-north-east.co.uk/. Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-12-28. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ pinzac55 (20 May 2009). "Sunderland Power Station Demolition (4) Feb 1979". Flickr. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "L S Lowry in the North East". http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/. Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Retrieved 7 May 2012. External link in |work= (help)
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