Pier Works
Pier Works
HER Number
2432
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Pier Works
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
Site Type: Specific
Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Railway sidings (from HER ref. 2433) and buildings associated with the construction of the South Pier (HER ref. 2432) and railway (HER ref. 2495). Pier works were started by the Tyne Improvement Commission in 1854.
Easting
437270
Northing
567680
Grid Reference
NZ437270567680
Sources
<< HER 2432 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.8,11
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.8,11