Wakefield power station was a coal fired power station serving the town of Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....

 in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

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The power station consisted of two units, A and B. What became Wakefield A was constructed before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Wakefield B was constructed between 1955 and 1957. It generated 224MW and was closed down in 1991. It was demolished in 1994.

The power station was situated on the southern bank of the Aire & Calder Navigation just east of the point where the railway line (originally built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways...

 in 1848) from Wakefield Kirkgate

Wakefield Kirkgate railway station

Wakefield Kirkgate railway station is a railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Unlike the nearby Wakefield Westgate railway station, Kirkgate is unstaffed and served mostly by local trains...

to Oakenshaw junction crosses the navigation.
A PHOTO OF THE POWER STATION copyright THESCRIBE(EUROPE)