Gateshead, Wire Rope Works

HER Number

4382

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Wire Rope Works

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Metal Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Metal Product Site

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic map evidence shows a Wire Rope Works on a site of a former saw mill.

Easting

425590

Northing

563840

Grid Reference

NZ425590563840

Sources

<< HER 4382 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE