Usworth, Engine

HER Number

3054

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Engine

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Machinery

Site Type: Specific

Engine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

An Engine and Boiler appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan on the line of an Old Wagonway (HER ref. 3057). At the time they may have still been working for the nearby Washington Wagonway (HER ref. 2624), or another wagonway (HER ref. 3174) which ran down to Washington Staith.

Easting

431820

Northing

555570

Grid Reference

NZ431820555570

Sources

<< HER 3054 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13