Walker, Gasometer

HER Number

4204

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Gasometer

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Holder

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Gasometer appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

429750

Northing

564580

Grid Reference

NZ429750564580

Sources

<< HER 4204 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98