Country England Decommission date 1976 | Primary fuel Coal-fired | |
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Official name Sunderland power station Location Tyne and Wear, North East England Operator Central Electricity Generating Board Similar Forth Banks Power St, Manors Power Station, Darlington Power Station, Pandon Dene Power St, BEI‑Teesside | ||
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, but in October 1975, the Central Electricity Generating Board gave 12 months notification of the station's closure. It finally closed on 25 October 1976, with a generating capacity of 34 megawatts. The station was then demolished in 1979. 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.
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.
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