• DocumentCode
    1525047
  • Title

    Swords into ploughshares: ex-German submarine engines in British generating stations

  • Author

    Woodward, Gordon

  • Author_Institution
    History of Sci. & Technol. Group, Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    273
  • Lastpage
    278
  • Abstract
    During the shortages immediately following World War I, a few electricity supply undertakings in the UK installed diesel engines and generators removed from German submarines surrendered under the Naval Armistice in 1918. This article attempts to review the varying degrees of success achieved by these plants. In particular the article discusses the use of such engines at Southend-on-Sea, Loughborough College, York, Harrogate, and Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Keywords
    diesel-electric generators; ships; thermal power stations; British generating stations; Harrogate; Loughborough College; Naval Armistice; Newcastle-under-Lyme; Southend-on-Sea; World War I; York; diesel engines; diesel generators; electricity supply undertakings; ex-German submarine engines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Science and Education Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0963-7346
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/esej:19970607
  • Filename
    646688