Chamber Hall Power Station

{{Short description|Former coal-fired power station}}

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{{Infobox power station

| name = Chamber Hall Power Station

| coordinates = {{coord|53.5973|-2.2985|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = England

| location = Bury, Greater Manchester

| th_fuel_primary = Coal

| ps_electrical_capacity = 4,000 kW

| commissioned = 1912

| decommissioned = 1969

| extra =

}}

Chamber Hall Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated in Bury, Greater Manchester. It was opened in 1912 by the Bury Corporation Electricity Department.The Engineer, 9 February 1912, page 152

Generating plant

When commissioned in 1912, the station had two John Musgrave & Sons steam turbines of the Zoelly impulse type, each driving a Siemens Brothers 2,000 kW alternator, generating a three-phase output of 6,000 V at 50 Hz. The station's three Woodeson boilers were supplied by Clarke Chapman & Co.

The station had its own railway siding connected to the adjacent Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line.

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