Rainton Old Engine

HER Number

3194

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rainton Old 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 Rainton Old Engine on the Rainton and Seaham Railway (HER ref. 2976). The engine was probably out of use by 1857.

Easting

433510

Northing

548530

Grid Reference

NZ433510548530

Sources

<< HER 3194 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20