North Eastern Electric Supply Co
From Graces Guide
1932 All but 3 of the electricity supply companies in the region were absorbed by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Co including[1]:
- County of Durham Electric Supply Co
- County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Co
- Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power Co
- Cleveland and Durham Electric Power (Distribution Co)
- Northern Counties Electricity Supply Co
- Houghton-le-Spring and District Electric Lighting Co
- Carville Site and Power Co
- Tees Power Station Co
The company name then became North-Eastern Electric Supply Co
1933 Opened Dunston B power station see Dunston Power Station
By the end of the 1930s the electricity supply arrangements for Newcastle were unusual for a large town at the time in that a company (rather than a municipal undertaking) still supplied the electricity.
1948 Nationalised[2]
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