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9 Templers Rd, Newton Abbot TQ12 2AX, UK
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The Newton Abbot power station was a power station originally built in 1898 at Jetty Marsh, Newton Abbot as a small station to serve the local community. It was subsequently significantly expanded, and changed from direct current to alternating current when bought by the Torquay corporation in the 1920s to provide power across a wider area towards the
coast.It reached its peak capacity of 52.5 megawatts in 1948 - the same year that it was nationalised in to the South Western Electricity Board. The station was used less from the mid 1960s as more efficient plant was used via the national grid, and it was finally closed in 1974 with demolition following shortly after. The site is now the Jetty Marsh nature reserve, and a housing estate.
