[1] The power station was built north of the corporation gas works near the River Sow (52°48'31"N 2°07'18"W)[2] and first supplied electricity on 15 October 1895.

[4] The original plant at Stafford power station comprised Marshall compound engines coupled by ropes to Elwell-Parker dynamos.

[3] The operating data for the period 1921–23 is shown in the table:[5] Under the terms of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926 (16 & 17 Geo.

[8] The CEB identified high efficiency ‘selected’ power stations that would supply electricity most effectively.

[8] The operating data for 1934-36 was:[4] In 1946 Stafford power station sent out 5,035 MWh of electricity, the maximum load was 7432 kW.

Operating data for the period 1947–58 is shown in the table:[6] Stafford power station was decommissioned in 1958.