Howdon Dock

HER Number:
2108

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon Dock

Place:
Willington Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The yard is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan where it is of an irregular shape and includes the long ‘Howdon Dock’ which projects at approximately right-angles from the river’s edge. Two cranes sit alongside the eastern edge of the dock, along with a saw pit, and there are other buildings throughout the yard. Within the south-eastern corner of the yard, a rectangular embayment in the riverside wall forms a tidal dock. By the time of the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, the yard had been completely razed due to further reclamation of land and development along the riverside.

Easting:
433010

Northing:
566200

Grid Reference:
NZ433010566200

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2108 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98 The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.