Marsden, Pumping Engine House

HER Number

2481

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Pumping Engine House

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Engine House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Pumping Engine House, probably associated with the adjacent Farding Lake. It is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was presumably built after 1855.

Easting

439350

Northing

564600

Grid Reference

NZ439350564600

Sources

<< HER 2481 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, SW