Cliff Quay Power Station

Cliff Quay Power Station
File:Cliff Quay Power Station - geograph.org.uk - 400189.jpg Cliff Quay Power Station viewed from the north in June 1983
Location of Cliff Quay Power Station in Ipswich
Official name	Cliff Quay Power Station
Country	England, United Kingdom
Location	Ipswich, Suffolk, East of England
Coordinates
Status	Demolished
Commission date	1949
Decommission date	1985
Operator(s)	British Electricity Authority (1949-1955) Central Electricity Authority (1955-1957) Central Electricity Generating Board (1957-1985)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Power generation
Units operational	6 x 46 MW
Make and model	Metropolitan-Vickers
Nameplate capacity	276 MW

Cliff Quay Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated to the south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the East of England. The station was designed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and built by the Cleveland Bridge Company. The station's boilers were made by Babcock Power Ltd, and its turbo generators made by Metropolitan-Vickers.

The station's six 46 megawatt (MW) generating units were brought into operation between 1949 and 1952. The station's boilers burned bituminous coal until it closed in 1985. The station was then demolished in November 1994. The station was demolished by MJ Finnigan & Co. In 1997, a 7,500 square metre bulk storage shed was built on the site of the power station.

External links

• Photo of the chimney demolition