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The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company, Ltd and The Walker and Wallsend Union Gas Company.
Inauguration of Electric Power Supply on Tyneside.
Publisher: Geo. Tucker, London;
Date of Publication: 1901
Stock Code: 12734
Hardcover landscape octavo; pp., 59, plus 5 fold-out full-page diagrams. Paper-covered boards; three-quarters white paper, one quarter blue striped paper; title gilt to upper cover within decorative frame, and larger gilt scrollwork; printed motif of the devil within same gilt scrollwork to lower cover; wine-red cord ties; edges sprinkled in blue. Minor oiling to covers, spine and corners rubbed. Circuit diagram in pencil to reverse of diagram of a switchboard. Contents generally clean and bright. A good copy. A celebration of the electrification of North Tyneside. Includes Sir Andrew Noble, Lord Kelvin and Dr John Theodore Merz. The book described in some detail the means by which North Tyneside was electrified, with many photographs, diagrams, and maps. £95.00