Plaque: Shoreditch Electricity Station
Erection date: 28/6/1897
Inscription
London Borough of Hackney
Shoreditch Electricity Generating Station and Refuse Destructor
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.
Inaugurated by Lord Kelvin.
Site: Shoreditch Electricity Station (1 memorial)
N1, Coronet Street
{Above the entrance:}
E, pulvere, lux, et, vis {Light and Power from Dust}
1896
Vestry of St Leonard Shoreditch Electric Light Station
Discovering London has a short article about this enterrprise with a photo of The Dust Destructor being fueled.
