Blaydon Burn, incline

HER Number:
8410

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, incline

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inclined Plane

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Shown on OS third and fourth edition maps (1914 and 1940) but not labelled. Presumably associated with Blaydon Burn Colliery and dating from the Priestman acquisition c.1900. Built of sandstone rubble and Cowen's firebricks, the structure ran from the coal screens up to slag heaps. Two sections of the incline survive, cut by a later track. Where the incline has been cut, the ends have been faced in concrete blockwork with a top layer of yellow header bricks.

Easting:
1674

Northing:
6228

Grid Reference:
NZ16746228

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Archaeological Associates & Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2005, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead - Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Building Survey of Industrial Structures