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Accrington power station
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CountryUnited Kingdom
LocationAccrington Lancashire
Coordinates53°45′24″N 02°22′12″W / 53.75667°N 2.37000°W / 53.75667; -2.37000
StatusDecommissioned and demolished
Construction began1898
Commission date9 November 1900
Decommission date1958
Owner(s)Accrington Corporation
(1900–1948)
British Electricity Authority
(1948–1955)
Central Electricity Authority
(1955–1957)
Central Electricity Generating Board
(1958)
Operator(s)As owner
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Secondary fuelRefuse
Turbine technologySteam powered engines and turbines
ChimneysOne (brick built 240 feet)
Power generation
Units operationalSee text
Nameplate capacity15,800 kW (1923)
Annual net output12.681 GWh (1923), 16.854 GWh (1954)

Accrington power station was a coal and refuse fired electricity generating station located in the centre of Accrington, Lancashire. The station supplied electricity to Accrington and to Haslingden and the Altham and Clayton-le-Moors areas between 1900 and 1958.

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