Engineering

1935 · ref. 52151 — Walton-on-Thames: Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd. ca. 1935. 4to. 5 leaves unnumbered thick paper stock eath with 5 original photographs mounted of Hewittic Transformers with inventory number and typed explanation below sized 6 x 8 in. Original blue textured softcover split-pin binder black lettering on front cover yapp edges slight sunning to fore-edges still VG copy. First edition of this scarce salesman’s sample catalogue of Hewittic Transformers installed in the at the Tir John Power Station. The Tir John Power Station near Swansea was a super coal-fired power station producing electricity for the newly-created National grid and was built by the Swansea Corporation to help relieve massive unemployment resulting from the impact of the Great Depression. At the time it was the largest engineering project in Wales and the largest power station in Britain operating until 1976. Hewittic Electric Co., Ltd., paperback