Elswick Engine Works
Elswick Engine Works
HER Number
4108
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Elswick Engine Works
Place
Elswick
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Engineering Industry Site
Site Type: Specific
Engineering Works
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Elswick Engine Works are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not on the 2nd edition, where the works are covered by the Elswick Works. The Engine Works was possibly related to the nearby Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and may have been a precursor of the famous Elswick Works
Easting
422250
Northing
563290
Grid Reference
NZ422250563290
Sources
<< HER 4108 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97