Blaydon, Engine

HER Number:
3456

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Engine

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An engine, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1856. Shown on a plan of 1779 at the top of the incline to Selby's Pit (HER 13590).

Easting:
1915

Northing:
6266

Grid Reference:
NZ19156266

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3456 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; The East Part of Winlaton Lordship showing the borings to the Frive Quarter Coal, 1779, held by The Coal Authority D1454 Sheet 1 of 2