Passage: The chosen location was situated halfway between the Belém Palace and the Junqueira National Rope Factory, which still exist today. Thus, after raising the capital to finance the new thermoelectric power station, in March 1908 construction began on the plant that would provide Lisbon and the surrounding area with electricity for more than six decades.

Question: What type of plant broke groung in 1908 and provided Lisbon with power for over 60 years?
thermoelectric power station