The 'modern' Control Room was built during the final phase when the High Pressure section on the station was constructed during the war years and was completed during 1948.
	This picture shows the Control Room during 1948 in commission but a number of monitoring displays are not yet installed and it is a regret that detailed pictures were not taken. The overlay attempts to identify the layout.
	The Control Room managed all the main electrical connections and at the extreme right hand end the 'Grid' connections from Exeter and onward to Plymouth are shown with two Grid Transformer connections. See page 'Station Connections' for an overview of the main High Voltage system.
	The following picture was taken in 1964 when I held the position of 'Station Control Engineer' a position I held from May 1963 to April 1965 when a promotion to the Grid Control Centre in Keynsham occurred.
	The phone being answered is the 'Grid Phone' - the one from on high - Grid Control - that directed the station target generation and any Grid Switching requirements.
	The handles in the foreground are the turbine speeder motor controls and the larger wheel is an instructor to the boiler house. On the opposite desk are the pre-programmed 'telegraph' instructors from Grid Control with the 33kv substation displayed behind.
	The chair at the back of the Control Desk was frequently occupied by the Charge Engineer. Interestingly in the days before automatic logging the readings on every meter were taken at thirty minute intervals - day and night (perhaps we should add theoretically to that sentence?)
	During the late 50's and early 60's the CEGB developed remote control systems that enabled small 123kv substations to move away from 24 hour cover. Initially the control of Paignton Substation moved into the Control Room and when Torquay substation was commissioned the control of that site was included from day one. These control systems were referred to as Limited Selective Control (LSC) and could operated via traditional telecommunications relays one item of plant at a time - they were Limited!
	The Control Room overlooked the turbine hall and was located above the main loading bay that provided crane access. It had its own mess room and the Charge Engineers office was adjacent.