Colne: Corporation electricity works
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Colne: Corporation electricity works
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 11 Feb 2010
In the days when local authorities were allowed to do more than rubber-stamp decisions made for them in Whitehall, many municipalities generated their own electricity, often by purchasing a plant which had been set up under private initiative. Here we are looking north from Greenfield Bridge, and see the former Colne electricity works on the west side of Phillips Lane.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.852301
Longitude
-2.190133