Railway Electrification : Publication No.13 issued by British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited : 1953 : Power Stations and industrial sidings
One of a number of technical brochures issued by BICC - British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited relating to their work on railway electrification schemes. This, Publication 13, was issued in February 1953 and looks at schemes undertaken by BICC (and its predecessor companies) both in the UK and abroad over previous years.
Needless to say much is made of the work BICC carried out on the two war-delayed electrifications that had been started by the LNER and that were completed in post-war years by the newly nationalised British Railways, these being the Manchester - Sheffield and London (Liverpool Street) - Shenfield schemes. Both were completed to what had been the UK's 'standard' - 1500v DC but within a few years of this booklet being published the British Transport Commission had decided to standardise on the 25kV AC system and BICC were to be heavily involved in this going forward.The booklet also looks at various overseas schemes BICC worked on notably in India, South Africa, South America and Poland.
The brochure also looks at simpler schemes where electrification of sidings, in situations of heavy freight flows, was of use. The schemes discussed include that at the Kearsley generating station of the old Lancashire Electric Power Company, by then nationalised under the British/Central Electricity Authority, the North Wilford Power Station in Nottinghamshire and the Cleveland Steelworks of Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
The photographs certainly show Kearsley, the power station opened by the LEP in 1929 and that was widely regarded as being one of the new generation of highly efficient stations in the new national scheme of 'selected' stations. Additional plant, known as Kearsley B, was added in the late 1930s and the station continued to generate until decommissioning in 1980.
Railway Electrification : Publication No.13 issued by British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited : 1953 : Power Stations and industrial sidings
One of a number of technical brochures issued by BICC - British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Limited relating to their work on railway electrification schemes. This, Publication 13, was issued in February 1953 and looks at schemes undertaken by BICC (and its predecessor companies) both in the UK and abroad over previous years.
Needless to say much is made of the work BICC carried out on the two war-delayed electrifications that had been started by the LNER and that were completed in post-war years by the newly nationalised British Railways, these being the Manchester - Sheffield and London (Liverpool Street) - Shenfield schemes. Both were completed to what had been the UK's 'standard' - 1500v DC but within a few years of this booklet being published the British Transport Commission had decided to standardise on the 25kV AC system and BICC were to be heavily involved in this going forward.The booklet also looks at various overseas schemes BICC worked on notably in India, South Africa, South America and Poland.
The brochure also looks at simpler schemes where electrification of sidings, in situations of heavy freight flows, was of use. The schemes discussed include that at the Kearsley generating station of the old Lancashire Electric Power Company, by then nationalised under the British/Central Electricity Authority, the North Wilford Power Station in Nottinghamshire and the Cleveland Steelworks of Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
The photographs certainly show Kearsley, the power station opened by the LEP in 1929 and that was widely regarded as being one of the new generation of highly efficient stations in the new national scheme of 'selected' stations. Additional plant, known as Kearsley B, was added in the late 1930s and the station continued to generate until decommissioning in 1980.