Northumberland Dock
Northumberland Dock
HER Number
2111
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Northumberland Dock
Place
Howdon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Maritime
Site Type: Broad
Dock and Harbour Installation
Site Type: Specific
River Dock
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows at least 16 staiths (HER refs. 2112-2120) associated with the dock, its basin and lock. This was the first enclosed dock on the Tyne, covering an area of 55 acres. It opened in 1857.
Easting
434050
Northing
566240
Grid Reference
NZ434050566240
Sources
<< HER 2111 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.220
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.27; John Elliott and Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways
C.E. Lee, 1949, Tyneside Tramroads of Northumberland 1947-9, Transactions of the Newcomen Society, p.220
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley,1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.27; John Elliott and Derek Charlton, 1994, Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways