power station

power station (plural power stations)

1. An industrial complex where electricity is produced.
   • 1954 February [1954 January], “China's Industrial Growth”, in Economic Digest‎, volume VII, number 2, London: Economic Research Council, →OCLC, pages 87–88:

     All the bigger towns in this vast area are to have new power stations. Yinchuan and Bayenhot in Ningsia province, Sining in Chinghai, Tienshui, Tunhchuan and Paochi in Shensi, and Tihua in Sinkiang have all been mentioned in Press reports.

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 101:

     The Underground would eventually be powered by two giant power stations, as we will see, before plugging itself directly into the National Grid.

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