Copthill Engine

HER Number

2979

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Copthill Engine

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Engine House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Copthill Engine stood near the intersection of the Rainton and Seaham, and Hetton Railways (HER ref. 2976 and HER ref. 2848). It may have worked one or both, but this is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.

Easting

435700

Northing

549660

Grid Reference

NZ435700549660

Sources

<< HER 2979 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21