Sunderland, Power Station

HER Number:
1710

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Power Station

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Electricity Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Power Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The timber cooling towers of this power station survived until fairly recently {1}. Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition as Electricity Generating Station. Built on site of Trimdon Iron Works (HER 5013).

Easting:
390

Northing:
574

Grid Reference:
NZ390574

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1710 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area