User:Eddie clegg/Bloom Street Power Station

Bloom Street Substation occupies the corner of Bloom Street and Winser Street. The building is in central Manchester lying between Princess Street and the canal, with the latter forming the boundary on one side. It is not known when this building was constructed. It was clearly originally constructed as a Power generating plant, since a large chimney still exists, though it appears to have been considerably reduced in height. At some stage it was probably necessary to discontinue burning fuel in the central area of Manchester, when Smokeless Zone legislation came into force. Since the station obviously fed a large number of buildings in the area, it was converted to a Distrubution substation, receiving energy at 132kV. It is a very well maintained building which contiinues to serve this part of Manchester.