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Accumulator Tower, Albert Edward Dock


The hydraulic accumulator tower is located in what today is the Royal Quays Marina in North Shields. The 2 story tower was built in 1882 for the Tyne Improvement Commissioners, and used hydraulic power to open the lock gates for what was then the Albert Edward Dock. This is a surviving example on the River Tyne of hydraulic machinery, first developed at Newcastle the 1840s by William Armstrong.[1] The Newcastle Swing Bridge (1876) is an earlier example of hydraulic machinery on the Tyne, also built by Armstrong. The Accumulator Tower at Albert Edward Dock is a Grade II* Listed building on the National Heritage List for England.

North Shields Grade II* Listed Historic Buildings and Monuments in North Tyneside 1882
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ACCUMULATOR TOWER IN ALBERT EDWARD DOCK - List Entry
- "Accumulator tower in Albert Edward Dock G.V. II* Hydraulic accumulator tower. 1882 for Tyne Improvement Commissioners. Engineers Ure and Messent. Rock-faced sandstone with quoins, ashlar plinth coping and dressings; Welsh …
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Tyne and Wear HER(7292): North Shields, Albert Edward Dock, accumulator tower
- "Hydraulic accumulator tower. Used hydraulic power to open the lock gates. 1882 for Tyne Improvement Commissioners. Engineers Ure and Messent. Rock-faced sanstone with quoins, ashlar plinth coping and dressings. Welsh …
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List number: 1354990
List grade: 2*
Tyne & Wear HER: 7292
Borough: North Tyneside
Grid ref: NZ3530266941

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