Wardley, Bowes Railway Locomotive Shed
Wardley, Bowes Railway Locomotive Shed
HER Number
1669
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Wardley, Bowes Railway Locomotive Shed
Place
Wardley
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Engine Shed
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Forming part of the Bowes Railway, Wardley locomotive shed, at the foot of Springwell Incline marks the end of the former rope worked sections of the railway and the start of the more level route to Jarrow worked by locomotives. The building is a robust stone structure with a relatively modern metal-framed cladded shed attached. It was repaired in 1993. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT
Easting
429800
Northing
560680
Grid Reference
NZ429800560680
Sources
<< HER 1669 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 5