Lime Street slipway

Lime Street slipway

HER Number
5577
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Lime Street slipway
Place
Ouseburn
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Slipway
Site Type: Specific
Slipway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Slipway down to Ouseburn, still retaining its original floorscape of granite setts. Carts used this route to offload their goods onto boats. Shown on Dixon's survey of 1831 (with a small structure that fronts onto the quay and a seond structure built against the slipway) and Oliver's map of 1840. The buildings had been removed by 1850. LOCAL LIST
Easting
426220
Northing
564470
Grid Reference
NZ426220564470
Sources
<< HER 5577 >> Pers. Comm. M. Greatbatch, 2004, Ouseburn Heritage Officer