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==Industry== Poplar still remains a part of the [[Port of London]] as Northumberland Wharf is still retained as a working [[wharf]] with special status from the [[Mayor of London]] and the [[Port of London Authority]] (PLA) as a [[safeguarded wharf]]. It is run by Cory Riverside Energy who also managed the Reuse and Recycling Centre which is next to the wharf and for the transportation of waste by barge along the River Thames.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governmentbusiness.co.uk/news/19092017/cory-confirmed-preferred-bidder-tower-hamlets-contract|title=Cory confirmed as preferred bidder for Tower Hamlets contract|first=Marianna|last=Christou|date=19 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ciwm-journal.co.uk/cory-awarded-10-year-tower-hamlets-waste-contract/|title=Cory Awarded 10-Year Tower Hamlets Waste Contract|date=10 October 2017}}</ref> Poplar Borough Council had been authorised in 1893 to supply electricity to the borough.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=London Statistics 1904β5 vol.xv|last=London County Council|publisher=London County Council|year=1905|location=London|pages=434β435}}</ref> Electricity supplies began in October 1900 from a power station on the corner of Glaucus Street and Yeo Street.<ref>Old Ordnance Survey Maps Poplar 1914, Alan Godfrey Maps, Consett</ref> The station was later known as Poplar Watts Grove (off Devons Road).<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=1 June 1962|title=British Power Stations operating at 31 December 1961|journal=Electrical Review|volume=1 June 1962|pages=931}}</ref> The power station was upgraded in 1908 when a 1MW turbo alternator set was installed. The buildings were further expanded to allow the installation of 2 x 3MW turbo alternator sets in 1913. <ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_electrical-review_1913-06-13_72_1855/page/n27/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Electrical Review 1913-06-13: Vol 72 Iss 1855 |date=1913-06-13 |publisher=St. John Patrick Publishers |others=Internet Archive |language=English}}</ref> The generating capacity of the station and the electricity generated over the operational life is as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|title=London Statistics 1924β25 vol 30|last=London County Council|publisher=London County Council|year=1926|location=London|pages=300β01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=London Statistics 1936β37|last=London County Council|publisher=London County Council|year=1939|location=London|pages=382, 384β85}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">''CEGB Statistical Yearbook'' (various dates). CEGB, London.</ref><ref>CEGB ''Annual Report and Accounts'', various years</ref><ref name=":3" /> {| class="wikitable" |+Poplar (Watts Grove) power station, capacity and output !Year !Generating capacity, [[Watt|MW]] !Maximum Demand, MW !Electricity generated, [[Kilowatt hour|GWh]] |- |1902 |1.6 | |1.79 |- |1903/4 |1.6 | |2.47 |- |1908/9 | |2.8 | |- |1909/10 | |3.68 | |- |1910/11 | |4.12 | |- |1911/12 |4.2 |4.56 | |- |1912/3 |10.20 |5.0 |15.41 |- |1918/9 |13.25 | |24.38 |- |1923/4 |16.0 | |28.12 |- |1936/7 |40.0 | |14.76 |- |1946 | | |28 |- |1960/1 |24.0 | |1.31 |- |1961/2 |25.0 | |2.85 |- |1962/3 |25.0 | |7.92 |- |1963/4 |25.0 | |1.93 |- |1965/6 |25.0 | |18.07 |- |1966/7 |15.0 | |6.44 |} In 1903-04 there were estimated to be 320 arc lights, 1,649 incandescent lamps, and 130 electric motors connected to the public electricity supply in Poplar.<ref name=":0" /> The power station used water from the adjacent [[Limehouse Cut]] canal together with cooling towers to condense steam and for cooling.<ref name=":2" /> Upon [[Nationalization|nationalisation]] of the electricity industry in 1948 ownership of the station passed to the [[British Electricity Authority]] and later to the [[Central Electricity Generating Board]]. The CEGB closed the station in 1967 when the [[thermal efficiency]] was only 8.39 per cent.<ref name=":2" />
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