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    Fiddler's Ferry power station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Opened in 1971, the station had a...
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    island created in 1833 when the Sankey Canal was extended from Fiddler's Ferry power station to the River Mersey at Widnes. The extension separated a section...
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  • last coal power plant to go dark on Friday". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 December 2019. "Fiddler's Ferry: Coal-fired power station closes after...
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    Retrieved 10 February 2019. "Fiddlers Ferry Power Station". Skyscraper Page. Retrieved 13 September 2020. "Fiddler's Ferry Power Station demolition; all the road...
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    station officially closed on 31 March 2020, the same date of closure as Fiddlers Ferry Power Station in Widnes, Cheshire. The site of Aberthaw Power Station...
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    February 2009, of the restrictions on running hours at Fiddler's Ferry and Ferrybridge power stations which applied during 2008, following the installation...
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    of Manchester from Hartshead Pike, 8 miles (13 km) away with Fiddlers Ferry Power Station beyond, 27 miles (43 km) away. View of Oldham from Hartshead...
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  • England. In July 2004, the company acquired the Ferrybridge and Fiddlers Ferry power stations for £250 million. In January 2008, it went on to buy Airtricity...
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  • docklands (no sign of Richard or Judy). The ash cliffs created by Fiddler's Ferry power station are home to sand martins, and old clay pits support great crested...
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    said Navigation". This authorised the extension of the navigation to Fiddler's Ferry on the River Mersey, and to take an additional toll of two-pence per...
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  • SSE Thermal (category Electric power companies of the United Kingdom)
    Ferrybridge 'C 'power station and Fiddlers Ferry power station until 2016 and 2020 respectively, SSE having decided in 2017 to end its UK coal power generation...
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  • local landmarks such as the Silver Jubilee Bridge and Fiddlers Ferry power station. The police station itself was a disused Golden Wonder factory, which is...
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    popularise the term red brick university. Empire State Building Fiddlers Ferry Power Station Sellafield Thiepval Memorial The Haçienda The Brick Train at...
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  • spell the station variously as "Fidlers...", "Fidler's..." "Fiddler's..." and "Fiddlers...", sometimes in successive paragraphs. The conjunction used...
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    area is farmland. A large part of Cuerdley is occupied by the Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, which was decommissioned in 2020. The small settlement of Cuerdley...
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    introduction of "Merry-Go-Round" coal trains from South Yorkshire to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Widnes, operated by two Class 76s (and banked by two extra...
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    the company owned by Scottish & Southern Energy that also ran Fiddlers Ferry power station. "SSE hungry for more at Keadby". reNEWS. 17 July 2014. Archived...
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    tannery and boatyard were the only major industries in Penketh. Fiddlers Ferry Power Station dominates Penketh, though it is in Cuerdley parish. There is...
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  • the ELR data gives the station site as only 31 chains west of the modern-day junction for Fiddlers Ferry Power station. The station was reluctantly built...
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    Global Platts. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020. "Fiddler's Ferry: Coal-fired power station closes after 50 years". BBC. 31 March 2020. Retrieved...
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    Bridges, to the west of Warrington. It was extended to the west, to Fiddlers Ferry, five years later. Encouraged by the success of the Stockton and Darlington...
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    power stations are a pair of power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. West Burton A was a coal-fired power station...
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    called Didcot's 'sister' stationFiddlers Ferry Power Station – at Widnes, Cheshire, constructed slightly earlier. The power station had also proved a popular...
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  • complex, Teesside Drax and Eggborough power stations, near Selby, North Yorkshire Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire Paul Kenny, General Secretary...
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  • Retrieved September 8, 2015. "Fiddlers Ferry Power Station". Skyscraper Page. Retrieved September 20, 2020. "Eggborough Power Station". Skyscraper Page. Retrieved...
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    row of late Victorian terracotta-clad shops on Bridge Street Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, now being decommissioned The industrial modernist Unilever Soapworks...
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  • Sheffield Midland station as Sheffield Victoria was scheduled for closure, and the impending opening of the massive Fiddlers Ferry Power Station requiring even...
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    remaining freight traffic consisted of coal trains from Yorkshire to Fiddlers Ferry power station near Widnes, which required a change to diesel haulage for the...
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    coal power stations after latest closure". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2021. "SSE announces proposed closure of Fiddler's Ferry coal-fired power station"...
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  • 2015 the tracks through the station site remained heavily used, primarily by trains to and from Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, though a few other booked...
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