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Southport power station
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CountryEngland
LocationSouthport
Coordinates53°38′41″N 02°57′49″W / 53.64472°N 2.96361°W / 53.64472; -2.96361
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1891
Commission date1894
Decommission date1970
Owner(s)Southport Corporation
(1891–1948)
British Electricity Authority
(1948–1955)
Central Electricity Authority
(1955–1957)
Central Electricity Generating Board
(1958–1970)
Operator(s)As owner
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Secondary fuelFuel oil
Turbine technologySteam turbines
Cooling towers3
Cooling sourcecirculating water
Power generation
Units operational1 x 7.7 MW, 2 x 3.85 MW, 1 x 1.85 MW
Make and modelBrush-Ljungstrom
Nameplate capacity17.25 MW
Annual net output22,827 MWh (1946)

Southport power station supplied electricity to the town of Southport and the surrounding area from 1894 to the late 1960s. The power station was built by the Southport Corporation which operated it up to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. Birkdale power station was operated by the Birkdale District Electric Supply Company Limited and originally supplied Birkdale Urban District until the district was incorporated into the Borough of Southport in 1911.

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