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Park Square Transformer

Photograph at the Park Square Transformer blue plaque

Park Square Transformer. From 1895 rubber-covered cable carried 2000 volt A.C. current from Newport's first power station in Llanarth Street to transformers which reduced it to 200 volt for supplying the wealthier householders.

Inscription drawn from imported open data, awaiting original TributeLegacy editorial.

Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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