Histelec Supplements – Historical Research and Topics

Histelec Supplements (this page) are longer articles of research and writing on specific topics.

They are published as Supplements to the Society’s magazine Histelec News which is published approximately three times a year. It contains reports of events and visits, members’ news, and short items of industrial or historic interest.

Histelec Supplements

• Supplement 84 – ELECTRICITY IN THE BLOOD
• Supplement 83 – GEC HISTORY
• Supplement 82 – THE ST AUSTELL UNDERTAKING
• Supplement 81 – CENTENARY OF ELECTRICITY IN CARDIFF
• Supplement 80 – DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE GRID SYSTEM IN THE UK, PRE-NATIONALISATION PART2
• Supplement 79 – DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE GRID SYSTEM IN THE UK, PRE-NATIONALISATION PART1
• Supplement 78 – PORTISHEAD’S FIRST GENERATING STATION & NORTH SOMERSET’S ELECTRIFICATION
• Supplement 77 – ENGINEERS’ WALK PART 2
• Supplement 76 – COLONEL REB CROMPTON
• Supplement 75 – ENGINEERS’ WALK PART 1
• Supplement 74 – WILLIAM SIEMENS ENGINEER AND HIS FAMILY
• Supplement 73 – CONTROL ROOMS THROUGH THE AGES
• Supplement 72 – PYRAMIDS & POWER – EDMUNDSONS
• Supplement 71 – JACK BOYCE
• Supplement 70 – SIR WILLIAM PREECE
• Supplement 69 – BRIGHTON – “ELECTRIC CITY”
• Supplement 68 – FRANK SPRAGUE
• Supplement 67(1) – WARPLANES TO WASHING MACHINES – HISTORY OF PARNALLS
• Supplement 67(2) – STROUD AND ELECTRICITY
• Supplement 66 – REMINISCENCES OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION
• Supplement 65 – SIR JOSEPH SWAN, MOST BRILLIANT INVENTOR
• Supplement 64 – TWO GENERATIONS IN THE ESI
• Supplement 63 – SOLVING ELECTRICAL NETWORKS
• Supplement 62 – WESTON-SUPER-MARE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
• Supplement 61 – SWEB’S COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
• Supplement 60 – HOOVER DAM
• Supplement 59 – SIR JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING
• Supplement 58 – CHINA’S THREE GORGES DAM HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT
• Supplement 57 – SWEB PRIVATISATION
• Supplement 56 – A RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
• Supplement 55 – HALCYON DAYS – STUDENT MEMORIES
• Supplement 54 – SWEB CENTRAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (CAO)
• Supplement 53 – BRIDPORT ELECTRICAL GENERATION AND SUPPLY
• Supplement 52 – JAMES CLERK MAXWELL – A SHORT BIOGRAPHY
• Supplement 51 – NUCLEAR GENERATION – HISTORY AND FUTURE
• Supplement 50 – LORD TOMBS AND POWER POLITICS
• Supplement 49 – TORQUAY IN 1898
• Supplement 48 – ISLES OF SCILLY ELECTRIFICATION
• Supplement 47 – SILVANUS P. THOMPSON 1851-1916
• Supplement 46 – GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY
• Supplement 45 – BATH FLOOD REPORT – DECEMBER 1960
• Supplement 44 – A BRIEF HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING
• Supplement 43 – THE LONDON UNDERGROUND AND ITS ELECTRIFICATION
• Supplement 42 – BRISTOL TRAMWAYS POWER STATIONS 1895 -1941 PART II
• Supplement 41(1) – HISTORY OF THE ELECTRICITY COUNCIL PART I
• Supplement 41(2) – HISTORY OF THE ELECTRICITY COUNCIL PART II
• Supplement 40 – EARLY HISTORY OF EDMUNDSON’S & CORNWALL ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
• Supplement 39 – A HISTORY OF HORSTMANN CONTROLS
• Supplement 38 – LORD KELVIN 1824 – 1907
• Supplement 37 – EXETER BLITZ AND OTHER WWII STORIES
• Supplement 36 – WATER POWER & SEVERN BARRAGE REVIEW
• Supplement 35 – ELECTRICITY IN THE BRISTOL BLITZ
• Supplement 34 – ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS FOR LIGHTING AND POWER ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY
• Supplement 33 – ELECTRICITY IN BATH 1890 – 1974 PART IIB
• Supplement 32 – ELECTRICITY IN BATH 1890 – 1974 PART IIA
• Supplement 31 – ELECTRICITY IN BATH 1890 – 1974 PART I
• Supplement 30 – BRISTOL TRAMWAYS POWER STATIONS 1895 –1941 PART 1
• Supplement 29 – NIKOLA TESLA – THE ELECTRICAL GENIUS
• Supplement 28 – SOUTH WESTERN ELECTRICITY BOARD CHRONOLOGY 1948 – 1990
• Supplement 27 – THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW BY GLYN ENGLAND
• Supplement 26 – WEST OF ENGLAND ELECTRICITY
• Supplement 25 – FERRANTI’S DEPTFORD POWER STATION
• Supplement 24 – ELECTRIC LYME
• Supplement 23(1) – ELECTRICITY IN CORNWALL – PART 2 – CORNWALL ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
• Supplement 23(2) – ELECTRICITY IN CORNWALL – PART 2 – APPENDIX 2 – HAYLE GENERATING STATION
• Supplement 23(3) – ELECTRICITY IN CORNWALL – PART 2 – APPENDIX 3 – AREAS NEVER SUPPLIED BY CORNWALL ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
• Supplement 22(2) – ELECTRICITY IN CORNWALL – PART 1 – CAMBORNE & REDRUTH TRAMWAY
• Supplement 22(1) – ELECTRICITY IN CORNWALL – PART 1 – APPENDIX 1 – CARN BREA GENERATING STATION – 1902
• Supplement 21(1) – PRINCETOWN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
• Supplement 21(2) – SEEBOARD EXPERIENCES
• Supplement 20 – MASSINGHAM FAMILY IN THE BRISTOL AREA
• Supplement 19 – ARC LIGHTING IN TAUNTON
• Supplement 18 – BIDEFORD GAZETTE 1938 – BIDEFORD COMPANY’S SIXTEEN PROGRSSIVE YEARS
• Supplement 17(1) – THE STORY OF SWEB’S RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
• Supplement 17(2) – THE STORY OF SWEB’S RURAL ELECTRIFICATION – APPENDICES
• Supplement 17(3) – THE STORY OF SWEB’S RURAL ELECTRIFICATION – DIAGRAMS
• Supplement 16 – BLETCHLEY PARK CODE BREAKING
• Supplement 15 – CHRISTY BROTHERS IN THE SOUTH WEST
• Supplement 14 – SIR HUMPHRY DAVY OF PENZANCE – MAN OF MANY CONNECTIONS
• Supplement 13 – SWEB’S POCKET POWER STATIONS
• Supplement 12 – THE CENTENARY OF PLYMOUTH ELECTRICITY
• Supplement 11 – WILLIAM MURDOCK : CORNWALL’S GAS PIONEER
• Supplement 10 – RICHARD TREVITHICK : CORNWALL’S PIONEER OF STEAM
• Supplement 9 – THE 35 YEAR STORY OF SWEB HELICOPTER UNIT
• Supplement 8(1) – EDISON
• Supplement 8(2) – A VISIT TO BLAGDON “B” IN 1953
• Supplement 7 – TRANSATLANTIC CABLES
• Supplement 6 – ELECTRIC ARC LAMPS IN BRISTOL
• Supplement 5 – HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEMES IN MINES IN WEST DEVON AND EAST CORNWALL
• Supplement 4 – ELECTRIFYING THE WEST 1930
• Supplement 3 – MARCONI – THE FATHER OF RADIO
• Supplement 2 – PLYMPTON ST. MARY R.D.C. UNDERTAKING
• Supplement 1 – THE ELECTRICITY WORKS – LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH