Stella South Power Station

Stella South Power Station was built between 1951 and 1954. Part of it stood on the site of the Blaydon Races track. It was designed by L J Couves of Newcastle. It had a capacity of about 300,000 kw. A cannon ball dredged from the river was on display inside the station. It was opened on 20th December 1954 and was designed to burn 2,000 tons of coal a day. 22 tracks of railway sidings were laid to handle this quantity of coal. The waste ash was transported down river for dumping at sea by barge. The chimneys were 375ft high. It was described by Pevsner as 'Of the brick-cathedral type.'
Its companion Stella North Power Station (HER19135) stood opposite on the north bank of the Tyne at Newburn. Both power stations are shown on the Ordnance Survey 1967 map and were demolished in the 1990s.