Carville Power Station
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| Carville Power Station | |
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  Carville Power Station shown within Tyne and Wear |
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| Fuel: | Coal-fired |
| Commissioned: | 1904 |
Carville Power Station was a coal-fired power station situated in Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne. It was built in 1904 by British electricity engineering consultants Merz & McLellan. The station set the pattern for power station layout and design for most of the twentieth century.[1] The station used 3500KW Parsons steam turbines and was cooled by the River Tyne.[2] At the time of its opening it was the largest power station in the UK. Carville B power station was opened in 1916, and together they supplied power over 60 square miles, from Shilbottle down to Malton in Yorkshire.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_second_industrial_revolution/05.ST.01/?scene=7
- ^ http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10313183
- ^ http://www.tomorrows-history.com/Items/OriginalIE/ItemNT0500140001.htm
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