Railway
Railway
HER Number
2433
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Railway
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A Railway associated with the construction of the South Pier and Groyne (HER refs. 2429 & 2429). It linked these sites with Trow Rocks Quarry and the Commissioner's Staiths, (HER refs. 2390 & 2434). The line was built by the Tyne Improvement Commission in 1854, first worked by horses, then from 1876 by a locomotive.
Easting
436628
Northing
568231
Grid Reference
NZ436628568231
Sources
<< HER 2433 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.8,11
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.8,11