Portland Cement Works

HER Number

4364

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Portland Cement Works

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Cement Manufacturing Site

Site Type: Specific

Cement Works

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic map evidence shows the Portland Cement Works on the site of an engine and shipbuilding yard.

Easting

426550

Northing

563750

Grid Reference

NZ426550563750

Sources

<< HER 4364 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SW