Not sure if this is the right thread to post this in, but as mention has been made to the CEGB power station at Bromborough earlier on in this thread, and in the absence of any other regarding it, perhaps here is as good as anywhere?
I am in possession of a booklet, dated January 1948, which describes the works completed thus far (at that date), and what was in progress.
Entitled 'Birkenhead Power Station, Bromborough, Cheshire', it's interesting to note that the Power station was originally considered for construction between Cammell Lairds and Rock Ferry Pier "occupying over 100 acres adjoining the "sloyne.", which I wasn't aware of previously.
To save me describing the booklet in full, I have scanned it and made a PDF from the results, which I attach here. I'm sharing it in the hope that it may hold some local interest to WIkiWirral peeps.
The PDF has had to be compressed for upload to keep the file size down, and this has unfortunately led to a slight loss of resolution, but it's still quite readable for all that.
Hope it uploads OK.
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I also thought I would share an aerial photo of the CEGB station as built, which I'm guessing was taken very shortly after opening, considering the very 'clean' appearance of the railway sidings which handled the coal, and the coal stocks themselves seem quite low.
Power Road is off to the right, Eastham locks and the Eastham Ferry Hotel can just be made out to the top, and the coaling wharf (complete with collier) is seen to the left - this is the only remaining artefact of any size left standing today, and was mentioned some time back on Wiki - here: Coaling Wharf
I've attached a similar view from today, and a blow-up of the original aerial which shows what appears to be a signal box/control cabin on the right-hand side, just north of Power Rd. Is this the control box for the limit of the Levers system, where it meets the CEGB system? I don't remember it, and have not seen any photos of it before. There appears to be a brand-new bridge in front of it too - seemingly going to nowhere.
Whatever, I hope it's of interest.
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Hi billy_anorak59 and many thanks for the pdf and photos of the CEGB PS. This is of great interest to me as my career was due to the power station's existence, as mentioned in my previous post of May 2009 (319351). Great find! Bri
