Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph

HER Number

3144

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Communications

Site Type: Broad

Telecommunication Structure

Site Type: Specific

Telegraph Line

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an electric telegraph line running south-east from the Railway Station at Fence Houses (HER ref. 3143). Its complete length is unclear.

Easting

431883

Northing

550220

Grid Reference

NZ431883550220

Sources

<< HER 3144 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13