In the event, the Lufwaffe still managed to find the power station and attack it, strafing the buildings with machine gun fire but doing no real harm. Jump to: navigation, search. Photo by Peter Trimming Part of Acton Lane Power Station. Policy. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It was taken over by the London Power Company Limited in 1924. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Today the power station is mostly remote: confined to the flatlands of Yorkshire or housed in those sinister coastal buildings where the fuel source is nuclear. Acton Lane A This page was last edited on 10 March 2014, at 09:57. [15], The disused power station was used as a film set in Aliens (1986) and as the 'Axis Chemical Works' in Batman (1989). In later years the site was extended to the south side of the canal. CEGB Barclay 0-4-0ST "Little Barford" (AB 2069/1939) at Acton Lane Power Station, West London - c.1957. It was one of four stations (the others being Bow, Deptford East and Grove Road Saint John's Wood) which continued following the formation of the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority in 1925, which resulted in closure of many smaller stations in central London.[4]. Pages: 28. By the early seventies though, Acton Lane was on its last legs. A more sought after role was in the coal yard. People flocked from miles around to see one of Cambridgeshire's most spectacular demolition jobs ever, Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news. [13] There were seven 240,000 lb/hr boilers with a total steam capacity of 1,680,000 lb/hr (211.7 kg/s). Several jobs might need to be done. Leeds Power Station was said to be the filthiest in the country and wind in the wrong direction could ruin a line of washing. [9] The HP boilers had an output capacity of 440,000 lb/h, and in 1954 burned 71,700 tons of coal. For example if the flow of water from the nearby Grand Union Canal essential for cooling the feed pumps became reduced, then the reason was a blockage and workers were required to go out in a boat to investigate. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. These sister stations were of similar design and were built, opened, and closed together. Acton Lane Power Station, Willesden Brent Sidings and environs, North Acton on February 9th, 1938. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy
In particular, the stairways that Ripley has to negotiate while searching for Newt are used by Jack Nicholson's character Jack Napier in Batman. In 1963-64 the overall thermal efficiency of the B station was 24.48 per cent, by the time of its closure the thermal efficiency had fallen to 14.47 per cent. Closed in 1983, the power station was used as a filming location, most notably standing … That was the headline in 1989 as engineers completed one of the toughest demolition jobs ever seen. Last year the country imported over 41,000,000 tonnes. Everything slipped into slow motion: the bare minimum of coal being fed into the furnaces. Minutes later, two deafening explosions sent the cooling towers crashing to the ground in clouds of dust. [5] Coal was supplied by rail to sidings from the adjacent railway to the north. Your email address will not be published. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Acton Lane Power Station on July 9th, 1939. The late Keith Waterhouse once described his home town of Leeds as the ‘city of dreaming cooling towers’. The generating hall did live on for a few years though. It gave power station workers the occasional chance to play on their own railway for a day, learning how to uncouple coal wagons using a shunter’s hook. METESCo supplied electricity to Finsbury, Holborn, Paddington, the City of Westminster, Acton, Greenford, Hanwell, Southall and Brentford. [citation needed], The Metropolitan Electric Supply Company Limited also owned and operated a power station at Amberley Road in Westbourne Green adjacent to the Grand Union Canal (51.522632°N 0.192518°W). [13] It produced 28 GWh of electricity in that year. [9] The thermal efficiency of the LP plant was 14.24 percent, compared to 22.91 percent for the HP plant. After this process was completed, the quality of the atmosphere inside the plant was actually found to be better than that in the sound stages at Pinewood Studios. 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The Port of Tyne that used to ship the stuff out has never been busier bringing it in: coals to Newcastle and much of this goes into our power stations. The process of going ‘on load’ could last for most of an eight hour shift until the control room signalled that the power had been accepted onto the grid. The way to run such huge stations economically is to keep them on base load generating round the clock and shutting down only for essential maintenance. 197-225. 1955. of Willesden 1899 built by the Metropolitan Electric Supply Co Limited. The later Acton Lane 'B' station had three concrete cooling towers and dominated the eastern end of North Acton trading estate at Park Royal. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Built in 1939, the coal-fired power station had come to the end of its useful life, and the Central Electricity Generating Board had decided to knock it down. Get that wrong and a back sprain was the likely outcome. 1953. [6], The station closed on 31 October 1983 with a generating capacity of 150 MW.[7]. The CEGB denied they were depositing ash into the canal and said that ash was taken away by lorry. The Port of Tyne that used to ship the stuff out has never been busier bringing it in: coals to Newcastle and much of this goes into our power stations.. The building is, in effect, a Victorian folly: a works disguised by a ragstone-built chateau-like construction. Learn how your comment data is processed. Essentially the turbine driver was signalling to report progress on raising revolutions. The stations stood on either side of a bend of the River Tyne: Stella South power station, the larger, near Blaydon in Gateshead, and Stella North power station near Lemington in Newcastle. It was also connected to Padiham A when that station opened. Acton Lane Power Station in December 1969. Victory in the West, 1940: Accident or Design? The commissioning of the 'A' station enabled smaller less efficient power stations in central London to be closed or reconfigured as distribution substations. It was notably used as the filming location for the Atmosphere Processing Plant and Xenomorph Hive in Aliens. Other power stations nearby included Neasden (since demolished) and Taylors Lane. The later Acton Lane 'B' station had three concrete cooling towers and dominated the eastern end of North Acton trading estate at Park Royal. In 1985, the disused power station was used as a filming location for Aliens, where it stood in for the interior of the Hadley's Hope Atmosphere Processing Plant; director James Cameron selected the site because of its appropriately industrial appearance, and because it featured numerous raised catwalks made from metal grates that made it possible to see through the full height of the structure.
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