Byer Engine and Reservoir
Byer Engine and Reservoir
HER Number
3187
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Byer Engine and Reservoir
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
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 the Byre Engine and its reservoir on the Hetton Railway (HER ref. 2848). This engine was later known as Copt Hill Engine. It survived in part at least until the 1970s.
Easting
435580
Northing
549630
Grid Reference
NZ435580549630
Sources
<< HER 3187 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20
C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13
C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13