SPARKS may fly at a special event this week.
The talk, titled The Bringer of Electricity: Charles Hesterman Merz 1874-1940, will highlight the work of the Gateshead-born electrician.The talk on Wednesday begins at 2pm.Educated at Bootham School in York, and Armstrong College, Newcastle, he served his apprenticeship with the Newcastle Electric Supply Company. He was well known as the co-founder of the firm of consulting engineers, Merz and McLellan, established in 1902.He pioneered rail electrification, power stations and introduced the concept of a national grid at first locally and subsequently within the British Empire and beyond. He was known affectionately within the electricity industry as the Grid King.
The talk on Wednesday begins at 2pm.
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