Oil, Grease and Candle factory

Oil, Grease and Candle factory

HER Number
16458
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Oil, Grease and Candle factory
Place
Dunston
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Factory
Site Type: Specific
Candle Factory
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Oil, grease and candle factory comprising of several buildings constructed in 1900 for Messrs Mawson, Clark and Co. The complex included a factory with a chimney, a reservoir and several railway sidings branching off the Derwenthaugh line. By the mid 1970s the buildings were extant although not in use as a candle factory. Now demolished.
Easting
422200
Northing
562810
Grid Reference
NZ422200562810
Sources
The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2012, Mandela Way, Gateshead - Archaeological Assessment; Building plans TWAS T292/336, 334 and 486