Dunston, Oil, Grease and Candle factory

HER Number:
16458

District:

Site Name:
Dunston, Oil, Grease and Candle factory

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Factory

Site Type: Specific:
Candle Factory

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Oil, grease and candle factory comprising of several buildings constructed in 1900 for Messrs Mawson, Clark and Co. The complex included a factory with a chimney, a reservoir and several railway sidings branching off the Derwenthaugh line. By the mid 1970s the buildings were extant although not in use as a candle factory. Now demolished.

Easting:
2220

Northing:
6281

Grid Reference:
NZ22206281

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2012, Mandela Way, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment; Building plans TWAS T292/336, 334 and 486