Cox Green, Tunnel
Cox Green, Tunnel
HER Number
3072
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Cox Green, Tunnel
Place
Cox Green
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Tunnel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This stone-lined tunnel formerly linked Low Lambton Quarries to staithes on the river bank, where the stone was transferred to be transported downriver.
Easting
432380
Northing
554880
Grid Reference
NZ432380554880
Sources
<< HER 3072 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the River Wear plan area
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1985, Penshaw Monument and the River Wear leaflet
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the River Wear plan area
Tyne and Wear County Council, 1985, Penshaw Monument and the River Wear leaflet