The Hylton Road Power Station (highlighted in red on
the 1938 aerial photograph on the left) was built in 1942, replacing
an earlier power station from 1903. By 1979 it had become integrated
into the national grid and was consequently demolished. Today
the only remnant of the site remaining is the derelict pumping
station at the rivers edge, while the rest of the area houses
a trading estate although it seems remarkably empty in comparison.
