West Boldon, Engine House

HER Number

2302

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

West Boldon, Engine House

Place

West Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

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

Engine House on the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Branch (HER ref. 2290). This may have been associated with the nearby Dam (HER ref. 2302). It is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1895.

Easting

434050

Northing

559960

Grid Reference

NZ434050559960

Sources

<< HER 2302 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7