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Sometimes confused with the nearby Stella power stations.Dunston Power Station refers to a pair of adjacent coal-fired power stations in the North East of England now demolished. They were built on the south bank of the River Tyne in the western outskirts of Dunston in Gateshead. The two stations were built on a site which is now occupied by the MetroCentre.

building start year
1908-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1930-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1947-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
fuel type
Coal, Natural gas
generation units
A station:, B station:, Six 50 MW C. A. Parsons and Company, Two 7.2 MW AEG one 6.25 MW Brown Boveri one 13.2 MW Brown Boveri and later one 15 MW C. A. Parsons and Company gas turbine
location
Dunston Tyne and Wear
opening year
1910-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1933-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1955-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
secondary/other fuel type
Natural gas
owner
Central Electricity Generating Board, British Electricity Authority, Central Electricity Authority, North Eastern Electric Supply Company
primary fuel type
Coal
latitude
54.9603
longitude
-1.65889

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