Dunston, Dunston Power Station

HER Number:
1625

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston, Dunston Power Station

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Electricity Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Power Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Opened 1931, to the designs of Merz-McLellan for NESCO, and the first power station to have a simple structural frame and glass curtain wall construction. Extended in 1951 and still in use, but its future may be in doubt. First power station of frame and glass curtain wall construction in England/Europe. Extended in 1951 to same design. The job engineer, A. Howell, had travelled in Paris. Built for Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Lighting Co., now used by CEGB [in 1981]. Closed in the early 1980s and demolished in the 1990s.

Easting:
2189

Northing:
6289

Grid Reference:
NZ21896289

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1625 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, Record card