Strawberry Place, electricity substation

HER Number:
15736

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Strawberry Place, electricity substation

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Electricity Sub Station

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Electricity substation, brick. It has double doors and a single door on its south elevation with three windows above with timber ventilation louvres and concrete sills and lintels. Three windows on the east elevation have been bricked up. Inside there is a crane on an overhead gantry. The frame dates to at least 1938. It is capable of traversing the entire floor of the four-bayed substation building and is entirely chain-operated. The metalwork has become magnetized, presumably from hanging over the 5750 volt transformer. The substation is being demolished in June 2013 to make way for offices.

Easting:
424480

Northing:
564570

Grid Reference:
NZ424480564570

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, page 32; planning application 2007/0753/01/DET