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