Kenton, Pumping Machine

HER Number

4247

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Kenton, Pumping Machine

Place

Kenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Water Supply Site

Site Type: Specific

Pumping Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Pumping Engine appears at this location on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan but is not shown on the 1st edition plan, indicating that it was built after 1858.

Easting

420160

Northing

567690

Grid Reference

NZ420160567690

Sources

<< HER 4247 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, SW