Disused part of the GEC works at Leicester.
Originally called Power Jets but was nationalised and merged with the gas turbine section of the Royal Aircraft Establishment to form the National Gas Turbine Establishment. Sir Frank Whittle and most of his team resigned in disgust. It was the end for Power Jets, although the Power Jets' site at Whetstone is still in use today; the power generation division of GEC Alsthom is situated there.
Some recent history
1991: Sizewell B Power Station.JOB: Two contracts for the installation and supply of equipment including local control panels and the erection of instrumentation and control equipment at Sizewell power station Suffolk (value £8m)
1989: GEC ALSTHOM is formed from the merger of the power and transport activities of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) and the UK GEC. France’s market was no longer sufficient, so the merger was to enable ALSTHOM to export into Europe.
1998: changes its name from GEC ALSTHOM to ALSTOM.
and finally...a squash court...
more on my Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43022903@N08/sets/72157622739278063/
Originally called Power Jets but was nationalised and merged with the gas turbine section of the Royal Aircraft Establishment to form the National Gas Turbine Establishment. Sir Frank Whittle and most of his team resigned in disgust. It was the end for Power Jets, although the Power Jets' site at Whetstone is still in use today; the power generation division of GEC Alsthom is situated there.
Some recent history
1991: Sizewell B Power Station.JOB: Two contracts for the installation and supply of equipment including local control panels and the erection of instrumentation and control equipment at Sizewell power station Suffolk (value £8m)
1989: GEC ALSTHOM is formed from the merger of the power and transport activities of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) and the UK GEC. France’s market was no longer sufficient, so the merger was to enable ALSTHOM to export into Europe.
1998: changes its name from GEC ALSTHOM to ALSTOM.
and finally...a squash court...
more on my Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43022903@N08/sets/72157622739278063/