Newburn Water Pumping Station
Newburn Water Pumping Station
HER Number
1036
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newburn Water Pumping Station
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Site Type: Broad
Pumping Station
Site Type: Specific
Water Pumping Station
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Constructed in 1855 for the Whittle Dene Water Company to extract river water, using a pumping engine of c.1832 previously used in Newcastle for the same purpose. This engine, probably a modified Cornish type by Robert Hawthorn and Company, was replaced by two new Barclay 'grasshopper' engines in 1866 although by 1884 these seem to have been on standby to supplement the delivery from Wylam Station. Only the engine and boiler house remain, used for storage; stone built with slated hipped roofs. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
416000
Northing
565600
Grid Reference
NZ416000565600
Sources
<< HER 1036 >> R.W. Rennison, 1979, Water to Tyneside, passim
The River Pumping Stations of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co.
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68
The River Pumping Stations of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co.
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 68