Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Castle Meads Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on Alney Island in the River Severn at Gloucester. Construction of the station began in 1940, and it was opened in 1943. It was built to replace the electricity supply from Gloucester Corporation's works on Commercial Road. The station was nationalised in 1948. Coal brought to the station by rail on the Great Western Railway's Docks branch from Over, and by barge. Once at the station, coal was transported toward the boilers by a fireless locomotive, one of only 162 ever built in Britain. It was built by Andrew Barclays of Kilmarnock in 1942, carrying the works number 2126. After the closure of the station, it was preserved at the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester. The station closed in 1969. The station was demolished for charity in 1978 by Gloucester Round Table."@en }
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- Castle_Meads_Power_Station abstract "Castle Meads Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on Alney Island in the River Severn at Gloucester. Construction of the station began in 1940, and it was opened in 1943. It was built to replace the electricity supply from Gloucester Corporation's works on Commercial Road. The station was nationalised in 1948. Coal brought to the station by rail on the Great Western Railway's Docks branch from Over, and by barge. Once at the station, coal was transported toward the boilers by a fireless locomotive, one of only 162 ever built in Britain. It was built by Andrew Barclays of Kilmarnock in 1942, carrying the works number 2126. After the closure of the station, it was preserved at the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester. The station closed in 1969. The station was demolished for charity in 1978 by Gloucester Round Table.".
- Q5050182 abstract "Castle Meads Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated on Alney Island in the River Severn at Gloucester. Construction of the station began in 1940, and it was opened in 1943. It was built to replace the electricity supply from Gloucester Corporation's works on Commercial Road. The station was nationalised in 1948. Coal brought to the station by rail on the Great Western Railway's Docks branch from Over, and by barge. Once at the station, coal was transported toward the boilers by a fireless locomotive, one of only 162 ever built in Britain. It was built by Andrew Barclays of Kilmarnock in 1942, carrying the works number 2126. After the closure of the station, it was preserved at the National Waterways Museum in Gloucester. The station closed in 1969. The station was demolished for charity in 1978 by Gloucester Round Table.".