Tyne and Wear HER(2461): South Shields, Gas Works - Details
2461
S Tyneside
South Shields, Gas Works
South Shields
NZ36NE
Industrial
Coal Gas Structure
Gas Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
This Gas Works on the north side of St. Hilda's Colliery (HER ref. 2355) is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855. A gas holder of 1886 survived on the site in 2000.
3626
6695
NZ36266695
<< HER 2461 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW