The power station was built by Edward Fitzgerald (later Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet) and the engineer for the system was Charles Hesterman Merz.
His son, Charles Hesterman Merz, was a successful electrical engineer who pioneered the use of high-voltage three-phase AC power distribution in the United Kingdom.
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In 1905 Clothier went to Tyneside to work with Charles Hesterman Merz and Bernard Price and joined Mr Alphonse C. Reyrolle at A. Reyrolle & Company in 1906, and remained employed with them for the rest of his life.