Sites for Works : advert issued by the : Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. : in : Ports of the LNER : 1929
An advert promoting the utility of factory sites in the North East of England and the availability of electric power. Found in the 1929 "Ports of the LNER" book it was issued at a time when the North East, around Tyneside, and the traditional heavy industries around coal, iron, steel, shipbuilding and munitions faced grave challenges and any new, modern 'lighter' industries were welcomed.
The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. had been formed in 1889 by the electrical engineer John T. Merz, the same year that the Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company (DISCo) was formed; the two companies agreed to divide their respective areas of supply to the east and west of a line through Grainger Street in the centre of Newcastle, a situation that survived until nationalisation in 1948. To the west DISCo's generation was boosted by the fact that the company was effectively formed by the engineer Charles Parsons who pioneered the use of turbines to produce power.
NESCo had equally important technological advantages in the presence of Merz and the consultancy company he formed in 1902 with William McLellan. Merz & McLellan were to become one of the country's electrical engineering consultancies and many of the ideas regarding generation and transmission of electricity, for industrial as well as lighting or domestic purposes, were brought to fruition in NESCo. The company's generating plant, such as Carville A of 1903 and Carville B of 1916, along with the use of high voltage transmission over wide areas, enabled them to supply an increasing area of the North East, south of the Tyne, and offer highly competative supply rates. This covered many industrial and mining areas in south Northumberland and into Co. Durham.
In 1932 the North-Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd. was formed to bring together the various subsidiaries and undertakings of The Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company. They had been based in Carliol House from 1927 and following nationalisation when the distribution and supply assets passed to the North Eastern Electricity Board, including those of DISCo, this was the Board's headquarters.
Sites for Works : advert issued by the : Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. : in : Ports of the LNER : 1929
An advert promoting the utility of factory sites in the North East of England and the availability of electric power. Found in the 1929 "Ports of the LNER" book it was issued at a time when the North East, around Tyneside, and the traditional heavy industries around coal, iron, steel, shipbuilding and munitions faced grave challenges and any new, modern 'lighter' industries were welcomed.
The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. had been formed in 1889 by the electrical engineer John T. Merz, the same year that the Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company (DISCo) was formed; the two companies agreed to divide their respective areas of supply to the east and west of a line through Grainger Street in the centre of Newcastle, a situation that survived until nationalisation in 1948. To the west DISCo's generation was boosted by the fact that the company was effectively formed by the engineer Charles Parsons who pioneered the use of turbines to produce power.
NESCo had equally important technological advantages in the presence of Merz and the consultancy company he formed in 1902 with William McLellan. Merz & McLellan were to become one of the country's electrical engineering consultancies and many of the ideas regarding generation and transmission of electricity, for industrial as well as lighting or domestic purposes, were brought to fruition in NESCo. The company's generating plant, such as Carville A of 1903 and Carville B of 1916, along with the use of high voltage transmission over wide areas, enabled them to supply an increasing area of the North East, south of the Tyne, and offer highly competative supply rates. This covered many industrial and mining areas in south Northumberland and into Co. Durham.
In 1932 the North-Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd. was formed to bring together the various subsidiaries and undertakings of The Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company. They had been based in Carliol House from 1927 and following nationalisation when the distribution and supply assets passed to the North Eastern Electricity Board, including those of DISCo, this was the Board's headquarters.