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Salisbury Generating Station

Salisbury, United Kingdom

The 3516th largest power station in the world

2.9 MW · Capacity

Salisbury power station supplied electricity to the English city of Salisbury and the surrounding area from 1898 to c. 1970. It was owned and operated by Salisbury Electric Light and Supply Company Limited prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station was redeveloped several times to incorporate new plant to replace retired equipment. The facilities included a water driven turbine.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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