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England. The station used metal clad switchgear.
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in 1901. Once again, as demand grew, they ran out of space for further development at this site and so built another new generating station in the
Carville area of Wallsend. The new station was built on a 15 acres (6.1 ha) site with frontage to the
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671:. Newcastle upon Tyne: T.M. Grierson Ltd. March 1948.
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536:Pipe Coil Technology Ltd
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370:. The station generated
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272:Carville B Power Station
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687:Making the Modern World
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489:Fisk Generating Station
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109:Commission date
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