Tyne and Wear HER(1036): Newburn Water Pumping Station - Details
1036
Newcastle
Newburn Water Pumping Station
Newburn
NZ16NE
Water Supply and Drainage
Pumping Station
Water Pumping Station
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Constructed in 1855 for the Whittle Dene Water Company to extract river water, using a pumping engine of c.1832 previously used in Newcastle for the same purpose. This engine, probably a modified Cornish type by Robert Hawthorn and Company, was replaced by two new Barclay 'grasshopper' engines in 1866 although by 1884 these seem to have been on standby to supplement the delivery from Wylam Station. Only the engine and boiler house remain, used for storage; stone built with slated hipped roofs. LISTED GRADE 2
160
656
NZ160656
<< HER 1036 >> R.W. Rennison, 1979, Water to Tyneside, passim
The River Pumping Stations of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co.
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68