Howdon, Tyne Improvement Commission Repair Yard

HER Number:
2197

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, Tyne Improvement Commission Repair Yard

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This site was built over Howdon Dock (HER ref. 2108) and Howdon Pans Shipyard (HER ref. 2110). The yard was used for repairing the Tyne Improvement Commissions ferries and other craft. The Second Edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the yard in about 1895 formed around a substantial dock, enclosed in battered stone walls to the east and west, and incorporating a projecting riverside pier on its south-western side. Two adjacent repair-slipways run at right angles towards the river along the eastern edge of the dock. A number of buildings are present and rail lines serve all areas. Mooring dolphins, for vessels waiting for attention, dot the edge of the river. The site was taken over in the early 1980s by William Press Ltd for work on offshore platforms.

Easting:
3308

Northing:
6616

Grid Reference:
NZ33086616

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2197 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NE The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2009, North transition shaft for new Tyne crossing, Howden Yard, East Howden - Archaeological Watching Brief