239:. Construction was authorised in June 1938. To finance the construction the B. C. & H. company issued £1,650,000 of stock at the Stock Exchange. The first electricity from the power station was in August 1941 when 30 MW was available, the maximum generating capacity of 120 MW was available from May 1942. For full details see the
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Barford, Bedfordshire for the construction of a transformer station and a future power station. The transformer station was connected to the 132 kV national grid then under construction. Little Barford was connected to the midlands circuit
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was a
British electricity supply company that provided electricity to consumers in the English counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely. The company was established in 1925 and was abolished in 1948 upon the nationalization of the British electricity supply
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The
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company was founded in 1925 under the provisions of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxxii). The company aimed to generate, or otherwise acquire, electricity for
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In 1938 the directors of the B. C. & H. company were: Sir Thomas Royden (chairman); Frank Henry James; Brigadier-General Wade
Hampton Hayes; and Robert Patrick Sloan.
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Bedford, Northampton, Warwick and Hams Hall (Birmingham). It was connected to Peterborough to the north and to the South East England 132 kV scheme via Bedford.
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was incorporated on 26 February 1938. It was owned and controlled by the
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company, then a subsidiary of
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Huntingdon, St. Ives, Histon and Ely. Then via a line from Royston to Shepreth to Fulbourn.
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Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company was abolished on 31 March 1948 under the provisions of the
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British electricity supply industry. The generating plant and transmission system was vested in the
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provided grid supplies to Little
Barford which allowed the company to supply electricity to its consumers.
387:"Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxxii)"
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Little Barford power station operations in the final years of the company are as shown in the table.
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415:"The East Midlands Electricity Board Area Regional and Local Electricity Systems in Britain"
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Generation of electricity at Little Barford power station continued until the October 1981.
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499:"B. C. & H. Power Station Company Limited".
263:Little Barford power station operations 1946-48
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324:Abolition
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