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WORKING AT HEIGHTS - Wind Energy Network

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SPONSORS OF TYNE & TEES FE<strong>AT</strong>URENewcastleChambers ofEngineeringHistoryNewcastle has a long history ofengineering from the Victorian era rightthrough to the Second World War.Newcastle was a hub of engineeringproviding the world with armaments,railways, shipbuilding and miningequipment. The companies providing thiswere engineering giants of their time suchas Vickers, Armstrongs, CA Parsons,Clarke Chapman, Hugh Woods andalso The Swan Electric Light Companyamongst others. Design and developmentof power distribution systems such aselectrification of Newcastle commercialand transport system was developed byMertz & McLellan who were fundamentalin designing the national grid system.More than a hundred years later Newcastleis still a hub of engineering because of itshistoric roots and prime location.38www.windenergynetwork.co.uk

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