Warrington and District Electric Light and Power Company Limited was registered in January 1898 to generate and supply electricity to Warrington. A Provisional Order under the Electric Lighting Acts was granted by the Board of Trade and was confirmed by Parliament through the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 11) Act 1898 (61 & 62  Vict. c. xciv). The power station was built in Howley, Warrington (53°23’08”N, 2°35’10”W).Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, Lancashire CXVI.1 (Warrington), revised 1905, published 1907 Equipment was added to meet the rising demand for electricity; by 1922  it had a generating capacity of 7,750 kW.
