Garesfield Wagonway, Engine

HER Number

3375

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Garesfield Wagonway, Engine

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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 an engine on a wagonway. Fragmentary stonework which could possibly be part of the engine house survives at roughly this location, but local tradition suggests that these ruins are those of a cottage.

Easting

415180

Northing

559880

Grid Reference

NZ415180559880

Sources

<< HER 3375 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5