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this location">27.524558833°S 153.006409833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-27.524558833; 153.006409833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Decommissioned</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction began</th><td class="infobox-data">1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Project_commissioning" title="Project commissioning">Commission date</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decommission date</th><td class="infobox-data">1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operators</th><td class="infobox-data">Department of Electricity, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_City_Council" title="Brisbane City Council">Brisbane City Council</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFFFE6;">Thermal power station </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary fuel</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Subbituminous_coal" class="mw-redirect" title="Subbituminous coal">Subbituminous coal</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFFFE6;">Power generation</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th>Units operational</th><td>2 X 5 MW<br />4 X 30 MW<br />2 X 60 MW</td></tr><tr><th>Make and model</th><td><a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">GE</a><br /><a href="/wiki/C._A._Parsons_and_Company" title="C. A. Parsons and Company">Parsons</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Brown_Boveri_%26_Cie" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown Boveri & Cie">Brown Boveri & Cie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nameplate_capacity" title="Nameplate capacity">Nameplate capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">250 <a href="/wiki/Megawatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Megawatt">MW</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#FFFFE6;">External links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tennyson_Power_Station" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Tennyson Power Station">Related media on Commons</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="metadata" style="text-align: right;">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7700523" class="extiw" title="d:Q7700523">edit on Wikidata</a>]</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Tennyson Power Station</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station" title="Coal-fired power station">coal-fired power station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tennyson,_Queensland" title="Tennyson, Queensland">Tennyson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia, which operated between 1953 and 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bpap_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpap-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The power station was the second major plant constructed for Brisbane, the first being the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Powerhouse" title="Brisbane Powerhouse">New Farm Powerhouse</a>. It had an installed capacity of 250 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Planning for a new power station started in 1946 as plants at <a href="/wiki/New_Farm,_Queensland" title="New Farm, Queensland">New Farm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bulimba,_Queensland" title="Bulimba, Queensland">Bulimba</a> had reached capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-heq_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heq-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the Tennyson Power Station was completed demand for power was exceeding capacity. This led to the successful staggering of work hours and some restrictions on electricity use. </p><p>The land on which the power station was built was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_City_Council" title="Brisbane City Council">Brisbane City Council</a> in 1947 as an ideal site to generate power for the city, due to its proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_central_business_district" title="Brisbane central business district">Brisbane central business district</a> and both rail and river access from <a href="/wiki/Ipswich,_Queensland" title="Ipswich, Queensland">Ipswich</a>. Construction of the power station began in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-heq_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heq-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The power plant was fueled by <a href="/wiki/Subbituminous_coal" class="mw-redirect" title="Subbituminous coal">subbituminous coal</a>, transported via the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_River" title="Brisbane River">Brisbane River</a> on barges from Ipswich. </p><p>After the power station was shut down, demolition was avoided for many years, partially due to the hazardous nature of the <a href="/wiki/Asbestos" title="Asbestos">asbestos</a> used in construction.<sup id="cite_ref-bpap_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpap-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening scene of the 2002 film <i><a href="/wiki/Scooby-Doo_(film)" title="Scooby-Doo (film)">Scooby-Doo</a></i> was filmed here. In 2005, a contract was awarded to the developer <a href="/wiki/Mirvac" title="Mirvac">Mirvac</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Queensland">Government of Queensland</a> to develop the site. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mirvacdevelopment.com/tennyson-reach/site-history">the original</a> on 21 August 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+Tennyson+Reach+Site&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirvacdevelopment.com%2Ftennyson-reach%2Fsite-history&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATennyson+Power+Station" class="Z3988"></span> via the Wayback Machine.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bpap-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bpap_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bpap_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2011/01/tennyson-power-station.html">"Tennyson Power Station"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tennyson+Power+Station&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com%2F2011%2F01%2Ftennyson-power-station.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATennyson+Power+Station" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090719141300/http://www.industcards.com/st%2Dcoal%2Daustralia%2Dqld%2Dsa.htm">"Coal-Fired Plants in Australia - QLD & SA"</a>. 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