Birtley, engine house

HER Number

7745

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley, engine house

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Engine House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not on the 1st edition, suggesting that it was constructed in the period 1855-1898.

Easting

427390

Northing

555530

Grid Reference

NZ427390555530

Sources

2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, c.1898.