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Castle Donington Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on the River Trent near Castle Donington Leicestershire 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Derby. Construction began in 1951 and the station opened in 1958. The station had six 100 megawatt turbo-generators manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers and boilers by Babcock & Wilcox. It was initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. Following privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by Powergen.
