 Put up in a disused factory building in 1890 by the Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company (DisCo), it is notable as the first power station in the world to use turbo alternators, as well as being one of the first municipal power stations in the United Kingdom.In its seventeen-year operating history, the station used various pieces of generating equipment and so had various generating capacities.It ceased to be used following an expansion of the nearby Close Power Station in 1907.