Scaffold Hill, Standing Engine

HER Number

1157

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Scaffold Hill, Standing Engine

Place

Scaffold Hill

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Machinery

Site Type: Specific

Engine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Standing Engine of unknown function. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows no other features to which it might be related. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map shows an Old Shaft at this location, suggesting that the engine was out of use by 1895.

Easting

430450

Northing

569330

Grid Reference

NZ430450569330

Sources

<< HER 1157 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89