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Site ID :- GTL00180
Key Words :- Electric Power Refuse Incinerator
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Address :- Coronet St, Hoxton, London, Greater London, N1 6HD
Grid Reference :- TQ 33104 82699
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 533104 m, Northing 182699 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.527524 , -0.082639
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Administrative Area :- Islington London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
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Site Condition :- Site refurbished to industrial / commercial use
Site Era :-Early Modern 1850-1950
Site Dates :- 1896 -
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Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database

Record Status :- Reviewed
Reviewed By :- Colin Jenkins - 16 February 2020

Description and History

Power Station, 1896 opened by Lord Kelvin in June 1897 max output 250 kW. Shoreditch was the second authority in London to generate its own electrical power from this scheme which operated from 1891-1899. The station generated electricity from the destruction of domestic waste. To the west is the public baths using the waste water. Over the door is the motto 'E pulvere lux et vis' meaning 'light & power from dust' 'Motto' of borough also. Site had been Middlesex ironworks. The building is now occupied by the London Circus academy.

Further Reading and References

Supplement to GLIAS Newsletter 106, October 1986
http://www.glias.org.uk/glias/shoreditch-refuse-destructor.html

https://www.nationalcircus.org.uk/shoreditch-electric/our-building/

Previous Comments:-

--- the following annotation is from Bob Rust, GLIAS :
GR TQ 3313 8270. - Colin Jenkins - 16 February 2020
NGR corrected - Andrew Turner - 25 September 2020

Plaque reads: 'Inaugurated 28 June 1897 by the Shoreditch Vestry, precursor of Shoreditch Borough Council. An early purpose-built undertaking to generate electricity from steam created by burning rubbish.'

Now National Centre for Circus Arts, www.nationalcircus.org.uk - Robert Mason - 28 April 2022

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