Sunderland, Graving Dock

HER Number

2869

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Graving Dock

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime

Site Type: Broad

Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific

Dry Dock

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Graving Dock adjacent to the Half Tide Basin of the South Dock (HER ref. 2874).

Easting

440940

Northing

557860

Grid Reference

NZ440940557860

Sources

<< HER 2869 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8