Wylam Waggonway Bridge
Wylam Waggonway Bridge
HER Number
1033
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Wylam Waggonway Bridge
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Bridge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
A surviving masonry skew bridge formerly carrying the Wylam Waggonway over the New Burn. Probably mid to late 18th century in origin. The later Scotswood Newburn and Wylam Railway bridge stands immediately adjacent to the structure which, after the closure of the waggonway, took a branch line from the above railway to Spencer’s Newburn Steel Works. LOCAL LIST
Easting
416700
Northing
565170
Grid Reference
NZ416700565170
Sources
<< HER 1033 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865