Fulham Power Station
| Fulham Power Station | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Fulham A & B Power Stations |
| Country | England |
| Location | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Coordinates | 51°28′12″N 0°10′59″W / 51.470°N 0.183°WCoordinates: 51°28′12″N 0°10′59″W / 51.470°N 0.183°W |
| Commission date | 1901 |
| Decommission date | 1978 |
| Operator(s) | Fulham Borough Council (1901–48), British Electricity Authority (1948–54), Central Electricity Authority (1954–57), CEGB (1957–78) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal-fired |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 310 MW |
| grid reference TQ262761 | |
Fulham Power Station was a coal-fired power station on the north bank of the River Thames at Battersea Reach in Fulham, London, not to be confused with Lots Road Power Station, a mile or so downstream in Chelsea.
The original power station was built around 1901 by Fulham Borough Council. A second, 'B' station opened in 1936, occupying a 124 acres (50 ha) site with a river frontage of 1,300 feet (400 m). The station was designed to have a capacity of at least 310 megawatts (MW), the largest of any municipally-owned station in the UK. It was designed by G.E. Baker and Preece, Cardew and Rider. Fulham was one of the first stations to be fitted with flue-gas Desulphurisation equipment. This was operated on 120MW of capacity between 1936 and 1940, but later removed.
The 'B' station had a 120-yard (110 m) coal wharf, served by its own fleet of flatiron colliers built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company of Fife, Scotland. Fulham Borough's ship colours were a grey hull and a grey funnel emblazoned with a black top. The black funnel top was emblazoned with a monogram of the letters "FBC".
The first three flations, of nearly 1,600 GRT each, were launched in 1935–37 as SS Fulham, Fulham II and Fulham III. They were joined by the 1,562 GRT sister ships SS Fulham IV and SS Fulham V launched in 1938 and 1939.
During the Second World War the station and its ships were targets for enemy action. In September 1940 a Luftwaffe air raid in the London blitz damaged the power station. On 4 September 1940 a Kriegsmarine E-boat torpedoed and shelled Fulham V in the North Sea off Cromer. The collier sank but all 19 crew were rescued. On 19 February 1941 Fulham II was damaged by a mine off the mouth of the River Tyne. One crew member was killed and she was beached at Frenchman's Point near South Shields to save her from sinking. She was taken to Jarrow on 18 March and later returned to service.
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