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GRID SYSTEM ENGLAND’S ELECTRICITY SCHEME LONDON, Nov. 23. The Central Electricity Board announces that, as the construction of the grid has been completed .in mid-east England, trading! operations in that area, will begin on January 1. Under the grid scheme, the production of electricity in the area will be concentrated in 16 selected stations. These include two at lvirkstali and Ferrybridge, which have reached thermal efficiency per unit, generating in excess of 23 pet cent., whereas the national average is about 16 per cent. The 16 stations are inter-connected by main transmission lines, operating at 132,000 volts, with extensions to link up with the northeast, north-west, and south-east areas. A secondary system, at 33,000 volts, has been developed to open up certain agricultural districts, and the transmission lines in the scheme area total 525 miles. As well as being an important industrial centre, the mid-east England area includes wide stretches of agricultural territory which, until recently, was electrically undeveloped.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 5
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