North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch
North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch
HER Number
2708
District
Sunderland
Site Name
North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
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 North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch, from the North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch (HER ref. 2289) to the North Dock (HER ref. 2717) and Creosoting Works (HER ref. 2713). This line was opened in 1837 by the Wearmouth Dock Company. The railway can be followed over most of its course from Seaburn Station to North Dock.
Easting
439440
Northing
559460
Grid Reference
NZ439440559460
Sources
<< HER 2708 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways, p.26,27
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways, p.26,27
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area