Merz & McLellan

Merz and McLellan was a leading British electrical engineering consultancy based in Newcastle.

History

The firm was founded by Charles Merz and William McLellan in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1902 when McLellan joined Merz's existing firm established in 1899.^[2] The partnership was instrumental in designing the United Kingdom's first three-phase electrical supply network, on Tyneside,^[2] and for the next century continued to advise other Commonwealth countries on setting up their own networks.

In 1995 the partnership merged with the Parsons Brinckerhoff consultancy, and in 2000 the new owners announced that the Merz & McLellan name would be discontinued.^[3]

In 2010, Mott MacDonald consultancy announced ^[4] that it had bought Merz and McLellan South Africa. ^[5]

Selected contracts

• 1901: Neptune Bank Power Station
• 1904: Carville Power Station, Wallsend, UK
• 1911: Electrification of North Eastern Railway (UK)
• 1914-18: Mobile power stations for the battlefield^[6]
• 1921: North Tees Power Station
• 1925: Electrification of the Lyttelton railway line between Lyttelton and Christchurch, New Zealand^[7]
• 1933-51: Dunston B power station, Dunston, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
• 1940s: Orlando Power Station, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 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

Merz & McLellan firms still independent

• Sinclair Knight Merz (Australia)^[8]

References

v · d · eElectricity generation in North East England
Generating sites	Biomass Active Biomass Energy Centre · Lynemouth (co-fires) · Wilton 10 Proposed/Future BEI-Teesside · Billingham · North Blyth · Teesport · Tyne REP Coal Active Lynemouth · Wilton Closed Berwick upon Tweed · Blyth · Carville · Chopwell Colliery · Close · Consett · Darlington · Derwenthaugh Coke Works · Dunston · Forth Banks · Hebburn · Horden Colliery · Lemington · Mainsforth Colliery · Manors · Morrison Busty Colliery · Neptune Bank · Newburn Steelworks · North Tees · Ouston Colliery · Pandon Dene · Philadelphia · South Shore Road · South Shields · Stella · Sunderland · Vane Tempest Colliery · Whinfield Proposed/Future Eston Grange (Gasification) Refused/Shelved Blyth Clean Coal · Kepier Gas Active Seal Sands · Teesside · Wilton Proposed/Future ConocoPhillips Teesside · Thor Cogeneration Refused Newburn Hydro Active Derwent · Kielder Closed Cragside Nuclear Active Hartlepool Refused Druridge Bay Oil Active Wilton Waste Active Teesside · Path Head landfill Closed Blaydon Burn · Derwenthaugh Coke Works · Newburn Steelworks · Portrack · Whinfield Future North Eastern Energy Recovery Centre · Wilton 11 Refused Blyth Wind Active Blyth Harbour · Blyth Offshore · Broom Hill · Great Eppleton · Hare Hill · High Sharpley · High Volts · Holmside Hall · Kirkheaton · Langley Park · Tow Law · Trimdon Grange · Walkway · West Durham Future Blyth Harbour (repowering) · Butterwick Moor · Great Eppleton (repowering) · Haswell Moor · Kiln Pit Hill · Lynemouth · Royal Oak · Teesside Proposed Barmoor South · Green Rigg · Kielder · Moorsyde · Ray Hill · South Sharpley · Steadings · Teeswind North · The Isles · Todd Hill · West Ancroft · Wingates
Organisations and personnel	A. Reyrolle & Company · C. A. Parsons and Company · CE Electric UK · Charles Algernon Parsons · Charles Hesterman Merz · Clarke Chapman · John Theodore Merz · L J Couves & Partners · Merz & McLellan · NaREC · Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company · North Eastern Electric Supply Company · Northern Electric · Northern Engineering Industries · Pre-nationalisation North East electric power companies

Categories:

• Electrical engineering companies of the United Kingdom
• Companies based in Newcastle upon Tyne
• Companies established in 1902
• Engineering consulting firms