Spencer's Steel Works, Rolling Mill
Spencer's Steel Works, Rolling Mill
HER Number
4232
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Spencer's Steel Works, Rolling Mill
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Rolling Mill
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This was the Rolling Mill for Spencer's Steel Works (HER ref. 4231). It was built circa 1900 and probably produced the steel plate for the Mauretania in 1904. The works closed in the 1960s but this building survived and was reused.
Easting
417010
Northing
565030
Grid Reference
NZ417010565030
Sources
<< HER 4232 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 96, NE
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.50
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.50