Barton Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the Bridgewater Canal in Trafford Park, near Eccles, Lancashire, England.
Barton Power Station | |
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Country | England |
Location | Lancashire |
Coordinates | 53.47302°N 2.348812°W / 53.47302; -2.348812 |
Status | Decommissioned and demolished |
Commission date | 1923 |
Decommission date | 1974 |
Owner(s) | Manchester Corporation (1923–1948) British Electricity Authority (1948–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1958–1974) |
Operator(s) | As owner |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Turbine technology | Steam turbines |
Chimneys | 2 |
Cooling towers | None |
Cooling source | Canal water |
Power generation | |
Units decommissioned | All |
Annual net output | 72.15 GWh (1972) |
grid reference SJ768974 |
The construction of the station began in 1920 and operation began in 1923. The station's original equipment consisted of three Metropolitan-Vickers 27.5 MW turbo-alternators, nine Babcock & Wilcox chain-grate stoked boilers, Mather & Platt auxiliary equipment and British Thomson-Houston switchgear. The station supplied electricity to an area of 3,100 square kilometers and was one of the most advanced power stations of the time.[1][2] Coal was delivered to the station in barges, using the Bridgewater Canal.[1] Steam condensing and cooling was by water abstracted from the canal.
The station was extended twice with Metropolitan-Vickers supplying a 40 MW generating set in 1928, followed by an additional 50 MW set in 1938.[3][4][5]
Year | 1946 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1967 |
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Output, GWh | 490.7 | 273.5 | 228.75 | 224.05 | 188.44 | 341.51 | 127.5 | 67.9 | 114.8 | 191.2 |
In 1972 it had one 39 MW operational set and one 51.5 MW set. Thee boilers delivered 770,000 lb/h (97 kg/s) of steam at 350 psi (24.1 bar) and 371/441 °C. In that year the station sent out 72.149 GWh, the load factor was 11.9 percent and the thermal efficiency was 17.86 per cent.[6]
The station was closed on 18 March 1974 with a reduced generating capacity of 69 MW. At the time the station was co-firing oil.[7] The station was then demolished in 1978 and 1979.[1] The first chimney was demolished in June 1979.[8] A B&Q store now stands on the site of the station.[1]
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