An early purpose-built undertaking to generate electricity from steam created by burning rubbish.
From : " The generated electricity powered street lights and some adjacent washhouses, since demolished. At its most efficient it consumed about 10 tons of rubbish per day."
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Shoreditch Electricity Generating Station and Refuse Destructor
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