[1] Plans were drawn up and the development was authorised by the Minister of Fuel and Power, Hugh Gaitskell, in late 1947 following a public inquiry held in August 1947.

The two cooling towers were east of the main building and the coal store, including a screening and crushing house, was to the north-east of the site.

[7] The power station initially received coal from the nearby Huncoat Colliery via a half-mile railway line and sidings.

These were on the north side of the railway line and transported coal to the station by an overhead conveyor enclosed in a concrete duct.

[2] The colliery was closed in 1968 as uneconomic, after which the power station received coal by railway from the wider area.

[12] Following the demolition of the main buildings, the administration block remained and was visited and visually recorded by several commentators as an example of derelict industrial archaeology.