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Farmer And Dark
Farmer and Dark was an architectural practice known for public sector works in post-war Britain. They designed several power stations for the Central Electricity Generating Board during this period. The practice was established in the 1930s by Frank Quentery Farmer and Bernard Frankland Dark. Selected works * Willington Power Station * Marchwood Power Station * Belvedere Power Station * Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, in Derby Square, Liverpool, are operated by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. The building is used by the Crown Court, the Magistrates' Court, Liverpool District Probate Registry and the Liverpool Yout ... * Bowater factory, Gillingham * Loevy offices, BournemouthRIBA https://www.ribapix.com/Offices-for-Loewy-Engineering-Co-Ltd-Poole-the-first-floor-development-drawing-office-at-night-seen-from-the-north-west_RIBA122876 * Fanum House, Basingstoke References {{reflist Architecture firms of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was responsible for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales from 1958 until privatisation of the electricity industry in the 1990s. It was established on 1 January 1958 to assume the functions of the Central Electricity Authority (1955–7), which had in turn replaced the British Electricity Authority (1948–55). The Electricity Council was also established in January 1958, as the coordinating and policy-making body for the British electricity supply industry. Responsibilities The CEGB was responsible for electricity generation, transmission and bulk sales in England and Wales, whilst in Scotland electricity generation was carried out by the South of Scotland Electricity Board and the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. The CEGB's duty was to develop and maintain an efficient, coordinated and economical system of supply of electricity in bulk for England and Wales, and for that purpose to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willington Power Station
Willington Power Station is a pair of now decommissioned and partly demolished coal-fired power stations that were constructed in the 1950s. The two stations were built on a site off Twyford Road, between Willington and Findern in Derbyshire, England. The two power stations had an installed capacity totaling 804 M.W. The two stations consisted of the 'A' Station, and the 'B' Station. History Willington 'A' Power Station was first commissioned in late 1957 and contained four 104 M.W. generating units consisting of International Combustion boilers and English Electric turbo-alternator sets. The final unit was commissioned in July 1959 and station was officially opened by the 11th Duke of Devonshire on 2 October that year. Each unit, when on full load, would burn approximately 1,000 tons of coal per day, and of this coal there remained some 200 tons of ash which had to be disposed of by pumping through pipe lines and by road transport. The second power station on the Site, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marchwood Power Station
Marchwood Power Station is an 898.1 MW gas-fired power station in Marchwood, near Southampton, England. It is situated beside estuary of the River Test where it meets Southampton Water, opposite the Port of Southampton. It is built on the site of an oil-fired power station, demolished in the 1990s. The station is operated by the Marchwood Power Limited Independent Team. Overview Marchwood Power Station is next to Southampton Water on Marchwood Industrial Estate. It is a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station. The plant uses compressed air and gas to power one turbine and then uses exhaust gases from that process to boil water and power a steam turbine. The power station generates 898.1MW of electricity. Water from the River Test is used as part of the cooling process. Around 45 people work at the power plant. History Oil-fired plant The first power plant at Marchwood was built in the 1950s. It was originally designed to be a coal-fired plant.''Civil Engineering'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvedere Power Station
Belvedere Power Station was an oil-fired 480 MW power station on the river Thames at Belvedere, south-east London. It was commissioned in 1960 and operated for 26 years. It was decommissioned in 1986 and was subsequently demolished in 1993–94. The site has been redeveloped as industrial warehouses, although the fuelling jetty is extant. History Belvedere power station was developed by the British Electricity Authority and subsequently by the Central Electricity Authority (1955–57) and from 1958 by the Central Electricity Generating Board. It was constructed between 1954 and 1960 on a riverside site originally acquired by the West Kent Electric Company in 1919. The site was opposite the Ford plant at Dagenham. Construction was initially undertaken by the Construction Department of the BEA's London Division, then by the Southern Project Group of the CEGB. Mowlems were the building contractors. The architectural design was by Farmer and Dark. The main building was a steel frame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool
The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, in Derby Square, Liverpool, are operated by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. The building is used by the Crown Court, the Magistrates' Court, Liverpool District Probate Registry and the Liverpool Youth Court. History Until the mid-1980s, all Crown Court cases were heard in St George's Hall. However, as the number of court cases in Liverpool grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for both criminal and civil matters: the site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had been occupied by Liverpool Castle between the 13th and 18th century. The new building was commissioned by the now-defunct Property Services Agency, who were seeking a design which expressed authority and power. Construction of the new building started in 1973. It was designed by Farmer and Dark in the brutalist style, built with vertically ribbed pre-cast concrete panels in dark, reddish tones at a cost of £43.4 million, and was officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowater
Bowater Inc. was a paper and pulp business headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. It merged with Abitibi-Consolidated in 2007, and the combined company went on to become Resolute Forest Products. History The North American assets of Bowater plc were built up in the 1970s, becoming known as Bowater Inc., headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. The company demerged from Bowater plc in 1984. The company acquired additional Canadian interests in the late 1990s, when it bought Avenor (formerly Canadian Pacific Forest Products). By the mid-2000s, Bowater Inc had 10,000 employees across 12 pulp and paper mills in the United States, Canada and South Korea, and 13 North American sawmills. On 29 January 2007, Bowater Inc and Abitibi-Consolidated announced they would be merging to create AbitibiBowater. The merger created the third largest pulp and paper company in North America, and the eighth largest in the world. On 1 July 2012, the company name changed to Resolute Forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fadum House
Fadum House is a historic home which was designed by architect James W. Fitzgibbon and is located at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1949, and is a two-story, Modern Movement-style dwelling. It is constructed of glass, brick and wood and features a double cantilevered roof on built-up wood columns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Modernist architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1949 Houses in Raleigh, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Raleigh, North Carolina {{RaleighNC-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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