Penshaw, Quarry Engine

HER Number

3105

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, Quarry Engine

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry Engine on the Penshaw Quarry Railway (HER ref. 3102).

Easting

432440

Northing

552990

Grid Reference

NZ432440552990

Sources

<< HER 3105 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;