EAW007912 ENGLAND (1947). The Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Works, Wallsend, 1947

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Title [EAW007912] The Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Works, Wallsend, 1947
Reference EAW007912
Date 27-June-1947
Link
Place name WALLSEND
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 430858, 566095
Longitude / Latitude -1.5176969180849, 54.988415554152
National Grid Reference NZ309661

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Possibly a small 2ndWW Surface Blast Shelter, of a size often associated with the operation of a Barrage Balloon.

redmist
Wednesday 23rd of October 2019 08:04:36 PM
North Eastern Marine

avocet
Thursday 14th of March 2019 01:05:20 PM

avocet
Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:41:53 AM
Apprentice's Pre-training workshop

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Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:40:34 AM
Reduction gear cutting shop

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Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:37:06 AM
Main Drawing Offices

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Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:35:02 AM

avocet
Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:32:35 AM
Blacksmith's shop

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Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:29:59 AM
Coppersmith's shop

avocet
Wednesday 25th of April 2018 05:28:33 AM
These Coal Staiths were opened in the 1930 by Queen Elizabeth's mother who had a Link to the coal industry as she came from the Bowes Family . The trucks that brought the coal to the staiths had 'Bowes' on the sides of them.

N Dunn
Friday 16th of March 2018 02:39:12 PM

N Dunn
Friday 16th of March 2018 02:36:32 PM
Redhead Tce was also called Hilda Tce, and about 4 properties were owned by the Patrick family so called 'Patrick's Place'.

N Dunn
Friday 16th of March 2018 02:34:46 PM

N Dunn
Friday 16th of March 2018 02:30:39 PM
Hebburn Palmers Ship Repair yard. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:09:47 PM
The Ellison Arms Hotel, which years later was renamed the 'Banks of the Tyne'. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:08:48 PM
Simpsons Hostel in Hebburn. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:06:36 PM
This is the remains of pitmens houses called Quality Row. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:04:47 PM
The Bede Metal Co in Hebburn. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:03:40 PM
Frederick St. These were houses for the pit men. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:02:52 PM
Hebburn 'A' Pit. Lots of Photos on my www.oldtyneside.co.uk

N Dunn
Friday 26th of January 2018 08:01:40 PM
This railway is now the Tyneside Metro. The Hadrian Road stop is to the top left and the Wallsend stop is off to the bottom right.

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:33:48 PM

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:13:54 PM
There is now no housing between Davy Road and the railway at bottom left - this area is now industrial.

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:12:52 PM
This building survived in 2013.

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:10:33 PM
This freight railway has been dismantled now.

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:10:10 PM

totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 05:07:36 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company Works, Wallsend,



Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an English engineer, most remembered for his invention of the steam turbine and contributions to marine engineering.



Charles Parsons became an apprentice at the engineering firm of W H Armstrong in Newcastle, where he was permitted to develop a steam engine at his own cost. He then joined Kitson's in Yorkshire, working on torpedoes, followed by a position as head of the electrical equipment department with a ship engine manufacturer in Newcastle.



It was there in 1884 that Parsons developed a turbine engine and electrical generator that were able to produce a good supply of electricity cheaply and which revolutionised naval transport and warfare. Previous steam engines had been very noisy. By 1889 350 of Parsons’s steam turbines had been supplied.



Parsons had the idea of powering a ship by steam turbine, and in 1894 the ship Turbinia was successfully tested. Despite the success of the turbine engine, initial trials with one propeller were disappointing. After discovering the problem of cavitation and constructing the first cavitation tunnel, Parsons' research led to him fitting three axial-flow turbines to three shafts, each shaft in turn driving three propellers, giving a total of nine propellers.



Parsons decided to demonstrate his invention at the Spithead Naval Review in 1897, weaving in-between and outstripping the other warships in the harbour after Queen Victoria had inspected them.



Following this he set up the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company. Two years later, HMS Viper, a turbine-driven destroyer, was launched, followed by HMS Cobra; by 1904, 26 ships powered by steam turbines were in operation.



By 1910 all the leading engineering and shipbuilding companies in the U.K. had taken licences to build Parsons turbines



1956 Acquired by Richardsons, Westgarth and Co



The company was absorbed into C. A. Parsons and Company and survives in the Heaton area of Newcastle as part of Siemens, a German industrial conglomerate.

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Sources used:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/

people/charles%20algernon%20parsons.aspx



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company

[[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company]]



http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Co



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totoro
Saturday 8th of March 2014 04:57:14 PM