Berwick-upon-Tweed Power Station

Berwick-upon-Tweed Power Station
Country England
Location Berwick-upon-Tweed
Coordinates 55°46′00″N 2°00′17″W / 55.766743°N 2.004755°W / 55.766743; -2.004755Coordinates: 55°46′00″N 2°00′17″W / 55.766743°N 2.004755°W / 55.766743; -2.004755
Commission date 1930s
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
grid reference NT998526

Berwick Power Station was a small coal-fired power station situated at the mouth of the River Tweed, at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, North East England.

The station was constructed in the 1930s to generate electricity for the town. The station's main building, which consisted of a boiler house and turbine hall, stood at two stories tall. The station was designed to fit in with the town walls, and so constructed in stone. The main building was a triple gabled building, with irregular windows.[1] It had frontage onto the river for easy access to condensing water and coal delivery.

After ceasing to generate electricity, the generating equipment was removed and the building was used as a storehouse. The building was eventually demolished in the late 1990s.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Structure Details". sine.ncl.ac.uk. Newcastle University. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-26.


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