Agecroft power station

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coal-fired power station power station

Agecroft power station was a coal-fired power station in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, that operated for much of the 20th century and played a significant role in the region’s industrial energy supply.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Agecroft A power station 1
Agecroft B power station 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power station ⓘ
power station ⓘ
category buildings and structures in the City of Salford ⓘ
coal-fired power stations in England ⓘ
power stations in Greater Manchester ⓘ
connectedTo regional electricity distribution network ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
coolingMethod natural-draught cooling towers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employs engineers ⓘ
maintenance staff ⓘ
power station workers ⓘ
energySource fossil fuel ⓘ
era 20th century industrial Britain ⓘ
fuelType coal ⓘ
gridConnection National Grid ⓘ
surface form: National Grid (Great Britain)
hasPart boiler house ⓘ
chimneys ⓘ
cooling towers ⓘ
turbine hall ⓘ
industry electric power industry ⓘ
locatedIn Salford ⓘ
surface form: City of Salford

England ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Pendlebury ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
surface form: historic county of Lancashire
locatedNear Agecroft Colliery ⓘ
Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
River Irwell ⓘ
operatedBy Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
ownedBy Central Electricity Generating Board ⓘ
pollutant carbon dioxide ⓘ
nitrogen oxides ⓘ
particulate matter ⓘ
sulfur dioxide ⓘ
precededBy Agecroft power station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agecroft A power station

Agecroft power station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agecroft B power station
primaryFuel bituminous coal ⓘ
role base-load power station for regional grid ⓘ
servedArea Manchester urban area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Manchester conurbation

North West England ⓘ
significance important component of North West England industrial infrastructure ⓘ
major source of electricity for Greater Manchester ⓘ
suppliedBy Agecroft Colliery ⓘ
local coal mines in Lancashire coalfield ⓘ
usedFor electricity generation ⓘ
industrial power supply ⓘ
public electricity supply ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agecroft → associatedWith → Agecroft power station ⓘ
Agecroft power station → precededBy → Agecroft power station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agecroft A power station
Agecroft power station → precededBy → Agecroft power station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agecroft B power station