Sunderland Power Station
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Location of Sunderland Power Station in Tyne and Wear
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| Official name | Sunderland power station |
| Country | England |
| Location | Tyne and Wear, North East England |
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| Decommission date | 1976 |
| Operator(s) | Central Electricity Generating Board |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired |
| grid reference NZ388576 | |
Sunderland Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the bank of the River Wear, in the city centre of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The station operated into the 1970s,[1] but in October 1975, the Central Electricity Generating Board gave 12 months notification of the station's closure.[2] It finally closed on 25 October 1976, with a generating capacity of 34 megawatts.[3] The station was then demolished in 1979.[4] The cooling tower in particular was demolished in February of that year. The power station's site is now occupied by a PC World outlet.[5]
In 1962 the station was featured in L. S. Lowry's painting of Sunderland's dockside. The painting is now in the collection of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.[6]
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- Flickr - photos of the station's cooling tower demolition
