Winlaton, Machine Pond

HER Number

3569

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, Machine Pond

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Cooling Pond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Machine Pond on this site. It is unclear from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan whether this is the name of the pond or its function. The name suggests that it was for water supply to to an engine of some sort, possibly associated with the nearby quarrying.

Easting

418430

Northing

562060

Grid Reference

NZ418430562060

Sources

<< HER 3569 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6