Diamond Bottle Works
Diamond Bottle Works
HER Number
2792
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Diamond Bottle Works
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Glassmaking Site
Site Type: Specific
Bottle Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
These works were constructed after 1852, after the construction of the North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch. The works were opened in 1857 by Snowdon and Watson and then taken over in 1858 by John Candlish. They closed in 1877.
Easting
437980
Northing
557490
Grid Reference
NZ437980557490
Sources
<< HER 2792 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23,32
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23,32