West Boldon, Dam

HER Number

2301

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, Dam

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Dam

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A dam on the River Don. This may have been associated with the nearby Engine House (HER ref. 2302). It is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan so was presumably out of use by 1895.

Easting

434050

Northing

559910

Grid Reference

NZ434050559910

Sources

<< HER 2301 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7