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Falkirk Power Station
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Scottish Central Electric Power Co
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Hugh McPherson
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Hugh McPherson was the Chief Magistrate of Grangemouth from 1878 to 1892. In 1893 the post was replaced by that of Provost. As Chief Magistrate he oversaw the growth in the town and its industries, gifting land for civic purposes (such as the town hall), setting up the electric power station and enabling the docks to expand.
In 1877 Hugh McPherson joined with D McLaren to set up the Forth Saw Mill on the edge of the Docks, immediately north of Station Rd. It was known locally as “M & M’s”. There were several woodyards in the area specialising in pit props, telegraph poles, boxes, etc. Hugh McPherson died on 8th May 1899. |
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James Sim
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Power Station Worker
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Alan Howie?
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Power Station Worker
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C A Fell
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H Dighton Pearson
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Architect
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Holst, Messrs & Co
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National Electric Const Co
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National Electric Const. Co., 3 Laurence Pountney Hill Ltd., London E.C.
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Robin Nelson
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Laurie, Thomas & Co.
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Thomas Laurie & Co, Falkirk, operated as electrical engineering and automobile dealers. The car showroom in West Bridge Street had offices and stores to the rear for the electrical side of the business. It was one of the largest electrical contractors in Scotland and undertook work on municipal power station, street lights, hospitals, airfields, etc. Work included the Municipal Chambers in Falkirk in 1967.
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Station Hotel (Larbert)
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There has been an inn or hotel on this site for almost as long as there has been a railway station in Larbert. The Larbert Station Hotel was established at least by 1889
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Gollan, W C
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Complete House Furnisher, picture framer, upholsterer and cabinet maker. Had a shop in the High Street and workshop in High Station Road. Moved to premises at High St in 1897 and was there until 1904 or 5. Also had a workshop in High Station Rd until 1906-7
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James Boyd
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Roy Earle
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Falkirk Corporation Electricity Department
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According to the Third Statistical Account, "In 1900 Falkirk had four generating plants for supplying private consumers with electricity. In 1903 Falkirk town council promoted an order granting them power to provide their own electricity for the burgh. At about the same time the Scottish Central Electric Power Company was formed to provide electricity in the county of Stirling. The Falkirk undertaking was mainly concerned in the first instance with providing electricity for lighting, but later the demand for power as well as for light grew until in the year 1914 the output reached 1.000,000 units. Development was very rapid during the last few years in which the undertaking was operated by the town council, and the output for the year ending May 1948 was over 70.000,000 units, or seventy times that of 1914. At this time electricity in Falkirk was the cheapest in Scotland. Under the 1947 Electricity Supply Act, electricity was nationalised and put under the care of the British Electricity Authority." Under the Electricity Supply Act, 1926, Falkirk applied to the Electricity Commissioners for approval for an extension of the generating station. The Scottish Central Electricity Board objected and a protracted legal dispute led to the Scottish Central Electricity Board supplying Falkirk with the required additional electricity. The difficulty for Falkirk was the loss in revenues from the electricity rates.
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Horne
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James Purdie
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Stewart, Kay & Poole
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K Starr
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