Kearsley Power Station

Kearsley Power Station
Kearsley Power Station
Country	England
Location	Greater Manchester
Coordinates	53°32′22″N 2°21′33″W / 53.53944°N 2.35917°W / 53.53944; -2.35917
Status	Decommissioned and demolished
Commission date	1929
Decommission date	1980
Operator(s)	Lancashire Electric Power Company (1929–1948) British Electricity Authority (1948–1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955–1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1948–1981)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Cooling towers	5
Cooling source	Circulating water cooling towers
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 52 MW, 2 ×51.66 MW (1971)
Units decommissioned	All decommissioned
Annual net output	294.949 GWh (1971)
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons
[edit on Wikidata] grid reference SD763047

Kearsley Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Stoneclough, near Kearsley, Bolton, England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H.F. Parshall for the Lancashire Electric Power Company.^[1] The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising two British Thomson-Houston (B.T.H.) turbo-alternators rated at 32.25 megawatts each. Further extensions became Kearsley 'B' (1936/38), with two more B.T.H. turbo-alternators each capable of producing 51.6 megawatts. Finally Kearsley 'C' (1949) was completed with two more B.T.H. machines rated at 52 megawatts each. The station closed in 1980 when only 'B' station remained operational. The 5 cooling towers were demolished during the week of 14 May 1985.