Ryton, Gasometer

HER Number

3410

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, Gasometer

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Gas Holder

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Gasometer on this site, possibly associated with the adjacent Stella Forge (HER ref. 3411).

Easting

416990

Northing

564230

Grid Reference

NZ416990564230

Sources

<< HER 3410 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2