Hetton Company Railway, Elemore Branch
Hetton Company Railway, Elemore Branch
HER Number
3625
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hetton Company Railway, Elemore Branch
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway Inclined Plane
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a branch of the Hetton Company Railway (HER ref. 2848) to Elemore Colliery (HER ref. 3230). This was a self-acting incline built in 1825. Its ropes were removed between 1890 and 1902, but it continued in use until 1959.
Easting
435640
Northing
547250
Grid Reference
NZ435640547250
Sources
<< HER 3625 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20
C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13
I. Ayris, The Forgotten Railway
I. Ayris, The Development of the Hetton Colliery Railway; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas
C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13
I. Ayris, The Forgotten Railway
I. Ayris, The Development of the Hetton Colliery Railway; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas