Tyne and Wear HER(3919): Birtley, Birtley Iron Works - Details
3919
Gateshead
Birtley, Birtley Iron Works
Birtley
NZ25NE NZ25SE
Industrial
Metal Smelting Site
Iron Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
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.
2708
5515
NZ27085515
<< 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).