Blaydon, Engine

HER Number

3456

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, Engine

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Machinery

Site Type: Specific

Engine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An engine, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1856. Shown on a plan of 1779 at the top of the incline to Selby's Pit (HER 13590).

Easting

419150

Northing

562660

Grid Reference

NZ419150562660

Sources

<< HER 3456 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2; The East Part of Winlaton Lordship showing the borings to the Frive Quarter Coal, 1779, held by The Coal Authority D1454 Sheet 1 of 2