Editing Norwich (section)

===Electricity supply===
Temporary electric street lighting in Norwich started in 1882. The first permanent supply came in 1893 from a generating station in Duke Street. This supplied local industry and domestic users and from 1900 the [[Norwich Electric Tramways]]. In the late 1920s, a new 40 [[Watt|MW]] power station was built at Thorpe, to which was added in 1937 30 MW "high pressure" generating plant. These operated until 1975. A gas turbine plant was installed in 1964 to provide power at times of peak demand. This closed in 1986 and the entire Thorpe power station site was demolished and cleared in 1981–1982. Two tall [[Transmission tower|electricity pylons]] stood near the site until they were dismantled in 2017. Further details appear in [[Norwich power stations]].