Blaydon Burn, electric power supply substation

HER Number:
8437

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, electric power supply substation

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Electricity Production Site

Site Type: Specific:
Electricity Sub Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A substation was built in 1904 to run on the waste heat and surplus gas from the Ottovale Coke Ovens. In 1914 it was operated by the Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company, and in 1951 by the British Electricity Authority. One single storey brick building survives.

Easting:
1756

Northing:
6316

Grid Reference:
NZ17566316

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures