Monument record TQ 97 SW 71 - Sheerness Electric Power Station

Summary

Site of Sheerness Power Station

Location

Grid reference TQ 9321 7345 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ97SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Site of a power station and tram depot (TQ 97 SW 1107) complex built by the Sheerness and District Electric Power and Traction Co in 1902-3. The power station (at TQ 9315 7345) was situated immediately to the SE of the depot. It supplied domestic and industrial users at 460v DC by overhead transmission and tramway power at 550v DC. 3 Brush generators driven by 3 Browett and Lindley engines provided the tram power and there were timber cooling towers. The trams stopped running in 1917 and the depot became a bus depot. The power station continued generating as the Sheerness and District Electricity Supply Co until it was absorbed into the BET Electricity Supply Co in 1937. Probably closed on Nationalisation and since demolished. Site still vacant (1-2). Recorded in site photograph (3).


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, 'Invicta' 1971 The Tramways of Kent Vol1 p118 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by D Eve May 1996 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9499.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. 'Invicta' 1971 The Tramways of Kent Vol1 p118.
  • <2> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by D Eve May 1996.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3062. print.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2003 3:39AM