Tyne and Wear HER(2445): South Shields, Ship Repairing Yard - Details
2445
S Tyneside
South Shields, Ship Repairing Yard
South Shields
NZ36NE
Maritime
Marine Construction Site
Shipyard
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
This ship repairing yard is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was built after 1855. It was built over part of the northern end of the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2290).
3594
6744
NZ35946744
<< HER 2445 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Shipbuilding on Tyne and Wear - Prehistory to Present. Tyne & Wear Historic Environment Record.