Swalwell, Gasometer

HER Number

3582

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Swalwell, Gasometer

Place

Swalwell

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Holder

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Gasometer at this location, possibly associated with the adjacent High Forge (HER ref. 3640).

Easting

419690

Northing

561920

Grid Reference

NZ419690561920

Sources

<< HER 3582 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6