Limehouse Power Station and Board Mill
Limehouse Power Station and Board Mill
Record No
119946
Title
Limehouse Power Station and Board Mill
Description
Limehouse power station, also known as Stepney power station, looking west from the corner of Ropermakers Fields and Narrow Street. The coal-fired power station was situated in the area bounded by Northey Street to the north, Brightlingsea Place to the east, the Blyth Wharf part of Narrow Street to the south and Shoulder of Mutton Alley to the west. It was commissioned in 1907, decommissioned in 1972 and demolished. The single chimney shown in the photo was built in 1927 to replace others because of complaints of pollution and it was the tallest chimney stack in London at 351 ft. Behind the power station is the Limehouse Board Mill, founded by Roger Hough on Blyths Wharf and land to the north of it in 1912. The mill recycled paper to make boards and moved out of Limehouse in 1986 during redevelopment of the area. The company, renamed Anglia Laminated Packaging, now operates from Chelmsford. Behind the paper mill, some cranes are visible on the wharfs. There is a truck in the photo and two cars, one of which is a Mini. There are several large buildings in the photo, one of which looks like a pub while the others are houses or flats. There are now flats on the sites of the power station and paper mill. Blyths Wharf has been renamed Papermill Wharf.
Date of execution
1965
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_397_65_4141
London picture map location
Exact
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