Rainton Bridge Engine

HER Number

3192

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rainton Bridge Engine

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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 Rainton Bridge Engine and its reservoir on the Rainton and Seaham Railway (HER ref. 2976).

Easting

434060

Northing

548510

Grid Reference

NZ434060548510

Sources

<< HER 3192 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20