Harton Coal Company Railway (Templetown waggonway)
Harton Coal Company Railway (Templetown waggonway)
HER Number
2449
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Harton Coal Company Railway (Templetown waggonway)
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Templetown Wagonway/Harton Coal Company Railway ran between Templetown Colliery (HER 2450) and the Harton and St. Hilda's Drops on the line of the earlier Templetown Wagonway. Along with other elements of the system, this line was electrified in 1908. The original wagonway probably opened in 1810 when the Colliery opened. Bell (1843) shows the waggonway running south-west and joining with the waggonway from Manor Wallsend Colliery and then on to Manor Wallsend Staiths. Section from Hilda Hole mineral sidings to Harton High Staith (HER 2236) dismantled. The poles for carrying the overhead electricity wires are still in place.
Easting
435550
Northing
566360
Grid Reference
NZ435550566360
Sources
<< HER 2449 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.3,17-21
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the inner Shields plan area; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Hair, T.H, 1844, Views of the Collieries
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.3,17-21
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the inner Shields plan area; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Hair, T.H, 1844, Views of the Collieries