Hillhead Engine
Hillhead Engine
HER Number
1096
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Hillhead Engine
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Machinery
Site Type: Specific
Horizontal Steam Engine
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Hillhead Engine, on Seatonburn Wagonway (SMR 1065) shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1858. Remains of the engine house still survived in tree cluster in 2005. In 2015 the definition of the buildings is less clear but still discernable. It was situated at the top of an incline and held a stationary steam engine which would have pulled waggons up the hill. The engine had consisted of a horizontal steam engine with drum carrying 4 miles of cables. Disused by 1913.
Easting
428250
Northing
572100
Grid Reference
NZ428250572100
Sources
<< HER 1096 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1858, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89;