South Shields, Coal Depot

HER Number

1692

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Coal Depot

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Depot

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A disused coal depot, with cells still in situ. Used to be fed by the Pontop Branch line.

Easting

361

Northing

653

Grid Reference

NZ361653

Sources

<< HER 1692 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area