Merz & McLellan
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Merz and McLellan was a British electrical engineering consultancy founded in Newcastle in 1902 by Charles Merz and William McLellan. It was formed when McLellan joined Merz's existing company that Merz had set up in 1899. The partnership was instrumental in designing the United Kingdom's first three-phase electrical supply network, on Tyneside, and for the next century continued to advise other Commonwealth countries on setting up their own networks.
In 1995 the partnership merged with PB Power, a division of the Parsons Brinckerhoff consultancy, and in 2000 the new owners announced that the Merz & McLellan name would be discontinued.
[edit] Selected contracts
- 1904: Carville Power Station, Wallsend, Tyneside (photo)
- 1911: Electrification of North Eastern Railway (UK)
- 1914-18: Mobile power stations for the battlefield
- 1925: Electrification of Lyttelton-Christchurch railway, New Zealand
- 1953: Blyth A Power Station, Cambois, Northumberland, UK
- 1960s: Bell Bay Power Station, Tasmania, Australia
- 1962: Blyth B Power Station
- 1980-1993: Kariba South dam hydroelectric upgrade
- 1989: Subiya oil-fired power station, Kuwait
[edit] Merz & McLellan companies not included in Parsons Brinckerhoff take-over
- Merz & McLellan and Phambili Merz (South Africa) [1]
- Sinclair Knight Merz (Australia) [2]
[edit] References
- '"Global" Parsons Brinckerhoff targets UK opportunities', New Civil Engineer, 24/02/2000
- Tyne and Wear Archives - note on mobile power station work 1914-18
- Lyttelton Railway Tunnel
