Sunderland, Power Station

HER Number

1710

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Power Station

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Power Station

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

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

439000

Northing

557400

Grid Reference

NZ439000557400

Sources

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