South Dock, engine house

HER Number

16642

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Dock, engine house

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

Demolished Building

Description

Shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1855. Superseeded by 1897 by large engine shed (HER 16645).

Easting

440910

Northing

557500

Grid Reference

NZ440910557500

Sources

First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan 1855; TWM Archaeology, 2010, Land east of Prospect Row, Hendon, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment