Borrowash Hydro
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| Location | Borrowash, Derbyshire, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°54′9.8″N 1°23′4.4″W / 52.902722°N 1.384556°W |
| Commission date | 1995 |
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| Turbine technology | Hydroelectric |
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| Nameplate capacity | 100 kw/h |
Borrowash Hydro is a hydro-electric power plant built on the River Derwent in Borrowash, Derbyshire.
The location is the site of the former Borrowash Mill. The power plant was installed by Derwent Hydro[1] in 1995 with a capacity of 100kw/h.[2]
Borrowash Mill
[edit]The earliest mention of a mill on the site dates from the Taxation Roll of Pope Nicholas compiled in 1291 which says that the Abbot of Dale had a mill at ‘Borwesasse’.[3] This is assumed to be a corn mill.
Around 1800 another mill was built as a cotton mill by Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington and operated by John Towle and Co. It became known as 'Towle's Mill'.
On 12 April 1928 a fire broke out. The mill at this time was operated by the English Cotton Company.[4]
The mill continued to operate as a flock mill providing material for the manufacture of bedding until it closed and was demolished in the middle 1960s.
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Sites". Derwent Hydro. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "The Potential for Water Generated Power in Derbyshire" (PDF). Derbyshire County Council. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Coming Events". Beeston Gazette and Echo. England. 21 September 1929. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fire at Borrowash". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 13 April 1928. Retrieved 7 January 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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