The station was constructed on a three-acre site at the north-west end of River Way to the south-east of the South Metropolitan Gasworks, since redeveloped as East Parkside.

[2] The replacement station was planned by the South Metropolitan Electric Light and Power Co. from 1947.

Coal from overhead bunkers was ground to a powder by pressurised mills and transported to the furnace by air fans.

Steam was supplied by three coal-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers, with condenser cooling water taken from the river.

[6][8][9][7][10][11] Blackwell Point annual electricity output GWh.The station closed on 26 October 1981 with a capacity of 86 MW.