Stella South Power Station

HER Number:
1705

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Stella South Power Station

Place:
Stella

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

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:
Built between 1951 and 1954, partly on the site of the Blaydon Races track. Of the brick-cathedral type, it was designed by L.J. Couves of Newcastle, with a capacity of about 300,000 kw. It was opened on 20th December 1954 and was designed to burn 2,000 tons of coal a day. 22 tracks of railway sidings were laid to handle this quantity of coal. The waste ash was transported down river for dumping at sea by barge. The chimneys were 375 feet high and the four cooling towers 240 feet high. It was demolished in the 1990s. A cannon ball dredged from the river was on display inside the station.

Easting:
1736

Northing:
6437

Grid Reference:
NZ17366437

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1705 >> T. Yellowley, 1986, Stella and Blaydon Burn N. Pevsner,1983, Buildings of England: Durham, p 433