Doncaster Power Station was a coal-fired power station

Fossil fuel power plant

A fossil-fuel power station is a power station that burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation...

 situated in the centre of Doncaster

Doncaster

Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...

 in South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

, Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber

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. It was located on the "island" surrounded by the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation

Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation

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 (S&SYN). It opened in 1954 and received significant quantities of its coal by boat, to its own staithe, using the S&SYN. It closed on 31 October 1983 and had a generating capacity of 122 MW. HM Prison Doncaster

Doncaster (HM Prison)

HM Prison Doncaster, is a Category B men's private prison, located in the Marshgate area of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The prison is operated by the Serco Group.-History:Doncaster Prison was opened in 1994...

, a private prison, has been built on the power station's site.