Birtley, engine house

Tyne and Wear HER(7745): Birtley, engine house - Details

HER Number:
7745

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, engine house

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Engine House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but not on the 1st edition, suggesting that it was constructed in the period 1855-1898.

Easting:
2739

Northing:
5553

Grid Reference:
NZ27395553

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, c.1898.