South Dock, Engine House

HER Number

2888

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Dock, Engine House

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows an Engine House in the South Dock (HER ref. 2874), possibly associated with the gates between the South Dock and the Half Tide Basin.

Easting

441280

Northing

557130

Grid Reference

NZ441280557130

Sources

<< HER 2888 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8