Eighton Banks, Engine House

HER Number

3879

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Eighton Banks, Engine House

Place

Eighton Banks

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

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 the position of an engine house within a quarry (HER ref. 3880), with which it may have been associated.

Easting

427880

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ427880558300

Sources

<< HER 3879 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7