Felling Shore, whale processing warehouse

HER Number

15926

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling Shore, whale processing warehouse

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Animal Product Site

Site Type: Specific

Whaling Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Operated from 1784 by the owners of the Disko Bay. A warehouse and ancillary buildings were later constructed 1786 to 1787. Whale oil was stored in lead-lined tanks after being prepared. One such site was excavated at Rotherhithe in London.

Easting

428000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ428000563000

Sources

Tony Barrow, 2001, The Whaling Trade of North-east England 1750-1850, p 67