History
“Connah’s Quay Power Station is a 1,420 MW gas-fired power station to the west of Connah’s Quay in Flintshire in North Wales. It is next to the A548, being tightly situated between the road and the south bank of the River Dee.
The current station is the successor to the first station in the area, a coal-fired power station, located less than a kilometre to the southwest of the current station. The old station was opened on the 16 September 1954 by Lord Citrine, the chairman of the British Electricity Authority. The station was originally planned to only be of 60 megawatts (MW), but it was realised that a larger station would be needed. The coal-fired station was built in three stages, each stage having two 30 MW generating sets, giving a total generating capacity of 180 MW.
The stages were completed in 1953, 1955 and 1957. Coal was provided by train from the Point of Ayr undersea colliery. There were two unloading sidings controlled by Rockcliffe Hall signalbox. Water for the station was cooled by three hyperbolic cooling towers.”
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connah%27s_Quay_Power_Station
