Tejo Power Station (Working Conditions) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The entire operation of the Tejo Power Station, as well as the evolution of electricity in the city, was only possible thanks to the work carried out by the people who set all of the machinery in motion, day and night, guaranteeing that the power station never interrupted its production. Since the city's consumption of electric power never stops, the boilers could never be idle. Thus it was necessary to create a twenty-four-hour work regime at the Tejo Power Station, with three rotational shifts; from 12am to 8am; from 8am to 4pm; and from 4pm to 12am. Due to the constant increases in the power station's output and size, it became crucial to hire more workers, especially during war times. In the 1940s, there were approximately 550 workers on the payroll, from the more specialised staff to those with the simplest but more difficult tasks, the latter being in greater number.