The Lancashire Electric Power Company was one of the largest private electricity companies in the UK. It was established in 1900 and generated and supplied...
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electrical schemes, including the Central London Railway and The Lancashire Electric Power Company, becoming a director of both. In Britain, he was financially...
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electrical power industry in the United Kingdom was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947, when over six hundred electric power companies were merged...
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George Balfour (Conservative politician) (category Scottish company founders)
opportunities in hydro-electric power, in 1922. He was vice-chairman in 1929 and chairman in 1938 of the Lancashire Electric Power Company. From 1918 to 1941...
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The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice ending the fighting of World War I by amalgamating...
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of electricity. The station was originally operated by The Lancashire Electric Power Company but was operated by the British Electricity Authority, Central...
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used for a modern business park, Shuttleworth Mead. The Lancashire Electric Power (LEP) company’s proposal to build a coal-fired plant at Padiham (known...
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line in Lancashire, England. Electric trains started to run over this route in 1908, using the overhead 6.6 kV, 25 Hz AC electric supply installed...
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England. It was designed in 1927 by Dr H.F. Parshall for the Lancashire Electric Power Company. The original installation was known as Kearsley 'A', comprising...
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connect power stations and their electricity supply systems within a region. The Rochdale system was connected to Lancashire Electric Power Company system...
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The United Electric Car Company was a tramcar manufacturer from 1905 to 1917 in Preston, Lancashire, England. The Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage...
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company had difficulty raising capital and at the end of November 1900 its shares were acquired by the South Lancashire Electric Traction and Power Company...
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Joint electricity authority (category Defunct electric power companies of the United Kingdom)
railway companies; and electricity industry workers. In 1928 it acquired four power stations: Ocker Hill formerly operated by the Midland Electric Corporation...
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head-end power (HEP), also known as electric train supply (ETS), is the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually...
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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) built suburban electric stock for lines in Liverpool and Manchester. The line between Liverpool to Southport...
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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation...
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Third rail (redirect from Third-rail electric system)
third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through...
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British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE...
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Middleton Electric Traction Company Ltd. operated an electric tramway service in Middleton, England between 1902 and 1925. It was a subsidiary company of the...
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Cotton mill (redirect from Steam-powered cotton mill)
cotton spinning in mills relying on water power and subsequently steam power using fuel from the Lancashire Coalfield began to develop before 1800. Many...
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Leyland Motors (redirect from Lancashire Steam Motor Company)
Lancashire Steam Motor Company in the town of Leyland in North West England. Their first products included steam powered lawn mowers. The company's first...
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brought into operation, powered by a Marshall engine, powering a 40 lamp circuit. In 1885 the Hammond Electric Light Company went into voluntary liquidation...
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REE Automotive (category Electric vehicle manufacturers)
REE Automotive, Ltd. is a commercial electric vehicle developer and manufacturer. The company's electric vehicle platform features independent interchangeable...
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building in 1890 by the Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company (DisCo), it is notable as the first power station in the world to use turbo alternators...
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John Lewis Ricardo formed the Electric Telegraph Company which initially supplied telegraph systems to railway companies but soon branched out into other...
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GEC Traction (redirect from English Electric-AEI Traction)
British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing...
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An interconnection agreement was also established with the Lancashire Electric Power Company. By the 1930s the corporation electricity department also...
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Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (redirect from Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western Railways (Blackpool and Lytham Railway, &c.) Act 1871)
the company built branch lines to the nascent resort of Blackpool and Lytham that opened in 1846. At that time the line was leased by the Lancashire and...
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Centrica (category Electric power companies of the United Kingdom)
large power stations in 2017. In May 2009, Centrica purchased a 20% stake in nuclear power generator British Energy from EDF Energy. The company now produces...
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Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway (redirect from Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Company)
railway company, which opened a line in 1848 between Southport and Waterloo, extending into Liverpool in 1850. The company was acquired by the Lancashire and...
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