Bromborough power stations are three electricity generating stations that supplied power to industrial and domestic users in Bromborough, Port Sunlight and the wider Wirral area from 1918 until 1998. Bromborough power station provided public electricity supplies from 1951 to 1980. Central power station Bromborough (1918–1998) was originally owned by Lever Brothers and supplied electricity to domestic users in Port Sunlight as well as electricity and steam to industrial users. Merseyside power station Bromborough (1958–1998) was also owned by Unilever and provided electricity and steam at a range of pressures to industrial users in the locality. All three power stations at Bromborough have been demolished. Bromborough power station Bromborough power station was built as a 210 MW coal-fired station by the British Electricity Authority. Construction started in 1948 on a site (53°20'04.2"N 2°57'44.5"W) adjacent to the River Mersey.The consulting engineers for the scheme were Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. The plant at Bromborough comprised: 8 × Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired boilers each with an evaporative capacity of 300,000 lb/hr at 950 psi and 925 °F (37.8 kg/s at 65.5 bar and 496 °C). 4 × English Electric 52.5 MW turbo-alternators, with hydrogen cooled alternators generating electricity at 11 kV. The first machine was commissioned in November 1951, followed by the other sets in December 1951, October 1952, and December 1952. Condenser cooling water was abstracted from, and returned to, the tidal River Mersey. Soon after commissioning the boilers were converted to oil-firing in accordance with government policy to take advantage of differential prices between coal and oil as fuel sources. Bromborough power station was subsequently owned and operated by the Central Electricity Authority (1955–57) and the Central Electricity Generating Board (1958–80) as the UK electricity supply industry was restructured. Operating data for the station throughout its operational life is shown in the table. The station had a high thermal efficiency and was used intensively from the time it was commissioned. As an oil-fired station its utilisation was reduced following the oil crisis of 1973-4 when oil prices increased significantly. Bromborough power station was closed in 1980 and was demolished in 1986. Central Power Station Central power station (53°20'29.5"N 2°57'51.7"W) was built by Lever Brothers in 1918 to supply electricity for their manufacturing processes at Port Sunlight works. It initially comprised: 3 × coal-fired boilers 1 × Siemens Brothers 5 MW generating set. The station was adjacent to the River Mersey which