Stella, Drop

HER Number:
3420

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Stella, Drop

Place:
Stella

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Staith

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This Drop, on the Tyne, was possibly related to the Blaydon Burn Wagonway (HER ref. 3424) which ended nearby. The remains are not of staithes in the modern sense of the term - are they not the retaining walls comprising the structures where coal from Blaydon Burn Bessie Pit loaded into railway wagons?

Easting:
1800

Northing:
6363

Grid Reference:
NZ18006363

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3420 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2 Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Blaydon and Winlaton Plan I.M. Ayris & P. Jubb, 1991, Struddars Farm, Gateshead Design, Observations on Possible re-use and Conversion