Washington, Machine

Tyne and Wear HER(2613): Washington, Machine - Details

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HER Number:
2613

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Machine

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Machinery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an ‘Old Machine’, with an adjacent spoil heap. It could perhaps have been a winding engine at the head of a shaft or a static engine on a railway or waggonway incline.

Easting:
2910

Northing:
5709

Grid Reference:
NZ29105709

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2613 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7

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