Carlisle Power Station : advert issued by John Laing & Son Ltd. : in "Plant, machinery & capital goods 'Made in Britain" 1947
From a 1947 'export drive' publication entitled "Made in Britain" comes this fine advert for John Laing & Son Ltd who were based in Lonodn but who were a major construction and engineering company both in the UK and abroad. They had been formed in 1848 in the county this power station was situated in, Cumberland, but as they had prospered the head office moved to London in 1928. They are still in business.
The generating station seen here is Carlisle or Willow Holme "B" being the high pressure side of the station that had been commissioned by the Carlisle Corporation Electricity Department in 1943-44. This complemented the earlier low pressure set known as the "A" station and that had come on stream between 1923 and 1929. The undertaking's generating station had been 'selected' as part of the new Central Electricity Board's scheme and was thus part of the National 'Grid'. As can be seen river water from the adjacent River Eden was used for cooling purposes. The B station, by now part of the nationalised CEGB, was decommissioned in 1980 and demolished.
As noted the consulting engineers were Messrs. Kennedy and Donkin and the structural engineers were L G Mouchel & Partners.
Carlisle Power Station : advert issued by John Laing & Son Ltd. : in "Plant, machinery & capital goods 'Made in Britain" 1947
From a 1947 'export drive' publication entitled "Made in Britain" comes this fine advert for John Laing & Son Ltd who were based in Lonodn but who were a major construction and engineering company both in the UK and abroad. They had been formed in 1848 in the county this power station was situated in, Cumberland, but as they had prospered the head office moved to London in 1928. They are still in business.
The generating station seen here is Carlisle or Willow Holme "B" being the high pressure side of the station that had been commissioned by the Carlisle Corporation Electricity Department in 1943-44. This complemented the earlier low pressure set known as the "A" station and that had come on stream between 1923 and 1929. The undertaking's generating station had been 'selected' as part of the new Central Electricity Board's scheme and was thus part of the National 'Grid'. As can be seen river water from the adjacent River Eden was used for cooling purposes. The B station, by now part of the nationalised CEGB, was decommissioned in 1980 and demolished.
As noted the consulting engineers were Messrs. Kennedy and Donkin and the structural engineers were L G Mouchel & Partners.