The rear boiler section and economiser were blown into the turbine hall causing 35 and 20 ton overhead cranes to collapse, writing off a 3,500 KW turbo alternator and 1,000 KW motor generator set.

Partial demolition of the station building was followed by reconstruction which was completed by August 1950.

The turbine house was in full working order by January 1951 The steam plant at Foss Island were chain grate stoker boilers capable of delivering 400,000 lb/h (50.4 kg/s) of steam at 400 psi (27.6 bar) and 399/427 °C.

[8][9][10]In 1958 the York electricity district supplied an area of 166,179 acres and a population of 152,269.

The amount of electricity sold and the number and types of consumers was as follows:[8] In 1958 the above totals were made up of the following:[8] The buildings were demolished around 1980 and the transmission line which ran from the power station to a substation at Tang Hall Lane was dismantled at around the same time.