Castle Meads Power Station

Castle Meads Power Station
Location of Castle Meads Power Station in Gloucestershire
Country England
Location Gloucestershire, South West England
Coordinates 51°52′03″N 2°15′30″W / 51.8674°N 2.2584°W / 51.8674; -2.2584Coordinates: 51°52′03″N 2°15′30″W / 51.8674°N 2.2584°W / 51.8674; -2.2584
Commission date 1943
Decommission date 1969
Operator(s) Central Electricity Generating Board
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal-fired
grid reference SO823188

Castle Meads Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on Alney Island in the River Severn at Gloucester. Construction of the station began in 1940, and it was opened in 1943.[1][2] It was built to replace the electricity supply from Gloucester Corporation's works on Commercial Road. The station was nationalised in 1948.[3] Coal brought to the station by rail on the Great Western Railway's Docks branch from Over, and by barge.[2][4] Once at the station, coal was transported toward the boilers by a fireless locomotive, one of only 162 ever built in Britain. It was built by Andrew Barclays of Kilmarnock in 1942, carrying the works number 2126. After the closure of the station, it was preserved at the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester.[4] The station closed in 1969.[2] The station was demolished for charity in 1978 by Gloucester Round Table.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "River Severn History". Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "LLANTHONY ROAD GOODS YARD GLOUCESTER". Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  3. ↑ N.M. Herbert (editor). "Gloucester Public services". British History Online. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "RAILWAYS IN GLOUCESTER AND CHURCHDOWN THE YEARS AFTER 1845". Retrieved 6 April 2010.
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