30,000 KW. Parsons turbo-alternator for the County Borough of Brighton : advert issued by C. A. Parsons & Co. Ltd. : in : Ports of the London & North Eastern Railway : 1935
An advert in the London & North Eastern Railway's "Ports book" for 1935 showing a turbo-alternator generating set manufactured by the Newcastle - Upon _ tyme based engineering company C.A. Parsons & Co. Ltd. but also flagging the fact that the LNER had moved this kit by rail and road from Parsons works to Brighton in Sussex.
Parsons were, of course, famous for their founder's development of the steam turbine and the company was formed in 1889 to manufacture machines that found use in electrical generation. The County Borough of Brighton's Electricity Department began supplying consumers in 1891 from a small generating station in North Road, although they were not the first. Indeed in 1894 they acquired the rival Brighton & Hove Electric Light Company whose story dated back to 1882 when they initiated what is claimed to be the world's first continuous supply of electricity.
In 1908 a new, replacement generating station was opened at Southwick known as Shoreham "A" station and this continued in use with various additions and alterations until 1976. It was adjacent to the "A" station that the larger and local landmark Shoreham "B" station was in operation from 1952 until the mid-1980s. I wonder where this image, of the stator on a remarkable road vehicle of the LNER, was taken? It looks like a railway yard given the coal merchants hut. I am suspecting that it is being driven out of the at the west side of the now lost Goods Yard at Hove station as the houses in the background do seem to resemble those on Sackville Road at the junction of Poynter Road.
30,000 KW. Parsons turbo-alternator for the County Borough of Brighton : advert issued by C. A. Parsons & Co. Ltd. : in : Ports of the London & North Eastern Railway : 1935
An advert in the London & North Eastern Railway's "Ports book" for 1935 showing a turbo-alternator generating set manufactured by the Newcastle - Upon _ tyme based engineering company C.A. Parsons & Co. Ltd. but also flagging the fact that the LNER had moved this kit by rail and road from Parsons works to Brighton in Sussex.
Parsons were, of course, famous for their founder's development of the steam turbine and the company was formed in 1889 to manufacture machines that found use in electrical generation. The County Borough of Brighton's Electricity Department began supplying consumers in 1891 from a small generating station in North Road, although they were not the first. Indeed in 1894 they acquired the rival Brighton & Hove Electric Light Company whose story dated back to 1882 when they initiated what is claimed to be the world's first continuous supply of electricity.
In 1908 a new, replacement generating station was opened at Southwick known as Shoreham "A" station and this continued in use with various additions and alterations until 1976. It was adjacent to the "A" station that the larger and local landmark Shoreham "B" station was in operation from 1952 until the mid-1980s. I wonder where this image, of the stator on a remarkable road vehicle of the LNER, was taken? It looks like a railway yard given the coal merchants hut. I am suspecting that it is being driven out of the at the west side of the now lost Goods Yard at Hove station as the houses in the background do seem to resemble those on Sackville Road at the junction of Poynter Road.