Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station Staffordshire Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board NCB and work began in with the twin shafts being sunk to a depth of metres and the first coal being produced in The colliery employed men and at times it produced in excess of tons per year Construction started on Rugeley A Power Station in and it opened in This was the first joint venture between the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB and the NCB and coal was delivered directly from the colliery to the power station via conveyor belt Rugeleys cooling towers were also innovative as they were the worlds first large dry cooling towers This was an experimental design intended to eliminate water loss
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