Anglo-Swedish Engineering Works

HER Number

16826

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Anglo-Swedish Engineering Works

Place

Byker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Engineering Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Electrical Engineering Works

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The Anglo-Swedish Works (Electric Welding) was opened in May 1912. The works were restructured several times the latest reorganisation took place in the 1970s. The area was cleared in the 1980s but one of the more recent buildings (1940s?) survived until 2011.

Easting

427140

Northing

563500

Grid Reference

NZ427140563500

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Anglo-Swedish Engineering Ltd. Glasshouse Street, Byker - Archaeological Assessment;