Electricity Substation south of Blaydon Burn
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Electricity Substation south of Blaydon Burn
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 24 Feb 2012
The substation was originally located at the east end of the Priestman Ottovale Works, which operated from 1902 and ran an electricity power station using waste heat from a coking plant. The Works also incorporated the Newcastle Tar Works and Benzol Works which was the first place in the world where petrol, known as Blaydon Benzole, was produced from coal http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=ottovale&record=0 The factory was demolished and the site reclaimed in the 1970s. The wooded valley of Blaydon Burn is below the field. Mill Farm is on the far side of the valley with the large quarry east of Stargate to the left.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.962675
Longitude
-1.726971