Tyne and Wear HER(2110): Howdon, Howdon Pans Shipbuilding Yard - Details
2110
N Tyneside
Howdon, Howdon Pans Shipbuilding Yard
Howdon
NZ36NW
Maritime
Marine Construction Site
Shipyard
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
In the 1850s, an irregularly shaped shipbuilding yard lay on the eastern edge of Howdon Pans, across mudflats from the western side of Northumberland Dock. Buildings in the yard mostly lay on the western boundary, and a small, regularly shaped tidal dock formed an embayment in the southern, riverside edge of the yard. By the end of the century, further reclamation of the riverside had completely altered the topography of the area. Little or no physical evidence of the yard survives.
3317
6623
NZ33176623
<< HER 2110 >> 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.