Birtley Iron Works

HER Number

3919

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley Iron Works

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Iron Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Birtley Iron Works. The works were founded in the 1820s. They supplied material for the High Level Bridge. During the Second World War the Birtley Iron Company made armoured car bodies, field gun suspension and Bailey Bridges.

Easting

427080

Northing

555150

Grid Reference

NZ427080555150

Sources

<< HER 3919 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; George Nairn and Dorothy Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley, pp 98-99; The Industrial Resources of the District of the Three Northern Rivers, The Tyne, Wear and Tees including the reports on the local manufacturers read before The British Association in 1863 (edited by Sir W.G. Armstrong, I. Lowthian Bell, John Taylor and Dr Richardson, 1864).