Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney
Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney
HER Number
              16145
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney
          Place
              Gateshead
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SE
          Class
              Industrial
          Site Type: Broad
              Railway Engineering Site
          Site Type: Specific
              Railway Engineering Works
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Victorian 1837 to 1901
          Form of Evidence
              Demolished Building
          Description
              Against the north-west corner of the extended shed, a boiler house and chimney was built, with an octagonal sandstone base rising to a circular brick chimney visible on an early photo (c.1868) looking north across Greenesfield from near Rabbit Banks farm. In 2001 the sandstone chimney base survived within later buildings, though the brick stack above has been roughly truncated and roofed over.  The chimney was dismantled in 2003. The chimneystack above the sandstone base was 0.64m thick and built in white firebrick. Some of the bricks were stamped 'Marley Hill' which began producing firebricks in 1847.
          Easting
              425130
          Northing
              563390
          Grid Reference
              NZ425130563390
    Sources
              Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Greenesfield Railway Works, Gateshead, Recording and Watching Brief; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Riverview: Greenesfield, Gateshead, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Statement in WSP Environmental Ltd. Environmental Statement