Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney

Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney

HER Number
16145
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Greenesfield Railway Works, boiler house & chimney
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Railway Engineering Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Engineering Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Against the north-west corner of the extended shed, a boiler house and chimney was built, with an octagonal sandstone base rising to a circular brick chimney visible on an early photo (c.1868) looking north across Greenesfield from near Rabbit Banks farm. In 2001 the sandstone chimney base survived within later buildings, though the brick stack above has been roughly truncated and roofed over. The chimney was dismantled in 2003. The chimneystack above the sandstone base was 0.64m thick and built in white firebrick. Some of the bricks were stamped 'Marley Hill' which began producing firebricks in 1847.
Easting
425130
Northing
563390
Grid Reference
NZ425130563390
Sources
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2003, Greenesfield Railway Works, Gateshead, Recording and Watching Brief; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Riverview: Greenesfield, Gateshead, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Statement in WSP Environmental Ltd. Environmental Statement