Elswick, Coal Drops

HER Number

4904

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Elswick, Coal Drops

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Lifting and Winding Structure

Site Type: Specific

Coal Drop

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

These 19th century coal drops are of a type that would usually be fed from a railway line. One of the drops is of stone construction and was located immediately behind an engine house shown on the c.1850 plan. It is probable that a wagonway or other track existed between the coal shaft (HER ref. 4118) and the engine house, although there is no map evidence for this.

Easting

424140

Northing

563140

Grid Reference

NZ424140563140

Sources

<< HER 4904 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment