Building record MDR14320 - Former Electricity Sub-Station, Burns Street, Heanor
Type and Period (1)
- TRAM TRANSFORMER STATION (Early 20th Century - 1913 AD to 1913 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The Burns Street Electricity Sub-Station is a two storey brick building with long and short stone quoins and stone coping stones on the gable. It has an oval stone plaque with MIDESCO in a gable, and is slate roofed. It was built as a rotary converter sub station in 1913 to provide power for the trams of the Nottingham and Derby Tramway Company. It is now in light industrial use [2011]. (1)
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SDR22089 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2011. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: A Gazetteer of Sites, Part III, Borough of Amber Valley (second edition). pp. 12.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 4293 4692 (27m by 18m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEANOR AND LOSCOE, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2017 10:40AM