West Harton, Wire Rope Works

HER Number

2473

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Harton, Wire Rope Works

Place

West Harton

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Wire Mill

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The Wire Rope Works are not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so were presumably built after 1855.

Easting

435890

Northing

564050

Grid Reference

NZ435890564050

Sources

<< HER 2473 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW