Blaydon Burn, Gas Retort Works

HER Number:
3555

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Gas Retort Works

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Gas Structure

Site Type: Specific:
Gas Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Joseph Cowen and his brother set up as manufacturers of firebricks at Blaydon Burn, later extending the works to Blaydon where they established gas works. This was originally intended to light their own factory, but in 1853 they extended the facility to the village of Blaydon. The retort works are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan but the buildings appear to have been demolished by 1898 when the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan was published.

Easting:
1659

Northing:
6230

Grid Reference:
NZ16596230

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3555 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6 Tyne & Wear HER, Blaydon Burn File Blaydon Burn, The Industrial Background; William Whelan, 1856, History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham