Silksworth, Engine?

Silksworth, Engine?

HER Number

2924

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth, Engine?

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

An unmarked building is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan which appears to be an engine house on the Hetton Company's Railway (HER ref. 2848).

Easting

437030

Northing

553250

Grid Reference

NZ437030553250

Sources

<< HER 2924 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14