Rainton Engine and Reservoir

HER Number

3189

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rainton 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 Rainton Engine with a reservoir on the Rainton and Seaham Railway (HER ref. 2976).

Easting

435060

Northing

549270

Grid Reference

NZ435060549270

Sources

<< HER 3189 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20