Skelton Grange Power Station was the imposing landmark which will be remembered by generations of people who grew up in the city. Skelton Grange ‘A’ and Skelton Grange ‘B’ were the two now-demolished coal fired power stations that served Leeds and surrounding areas. The seven cooling towers in Stourton dominated the city’s skyline for decades. The power station closed in 1994 and was demolished in 1998. These memories, powered by the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service, chart its rise and fall. READ MORE: Memories of Kirkstall Power Station LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
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Skelton Grange power station silhouetted against the evening sky in January 1968. Photo: YPN
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View of Skelton Grange A & B Power Station photographed from the Rothwell Road approximately 30 minutes after the explosive demolition of cooling tower number 14 in the early 1980s. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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This 370ft chimney, one of two at the Skelton Grange 'A' power station is pictured as it is felled by Leeds Demolition Company in November 1988. It crumbed into a pile of rubble next to the remaining chimney. Photo: YPN
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The view looks from Belle Isle Circus towards Stourton. The street in the foreground, with a parked car, is Winrose Grove. In the middle distance, a car can be seen travelling on what was then the M1 urban motorway, which would later be re-designated M621 following construction of the A1-M1 Link in the 1990s. Beyond the motorway is the Freightliner rail terminal and behind that the cooling towers and turbine halls of Skelton Grange Power Station. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
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A group of workers during construction work at Skelton Grange, possibly on the 'A' station, which was built in the late 1940s with two cooling towers. The 'B' station was built between 1955 and 1962, with the addition of four more towers, although one was demolished in the early 1980s. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net