Abstract
After the depression in industry in the 1930s the Government passed the Special Areas (Development and Improvement) Act of 1934 and that led to the formation in May, 1936, of a company called the North Eastern Trading Estates Limited, with registered offices on the Team Valley Estate, Gateshead on Tyne. The Company acted as the agent for the Commissioner of Special Areas, to acquire and develop estates to attract light industries to the Area and so secure a better national distribution of industrial activity. There are now 35 estates in the North Eastern Development Area, housing over 300 tenants and giving employment in light industries to over 52,000 people.
In 1945 the Estate Company developed a Standard Factory of which large numbers were built on its estates. A standard lighting installation was developed to meet the requirements of the majority of prospective tenants, who connected various light sources to it. The annual cost of these lighting installations using different light sources is compared, taking into account the annual charges of wiring installation and fittings, replacement charges for lamps and cost of the electrical energy consumed. Some comments are made on the types of fittings used by the tenants.
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