Railway through Plate Glass Works
Railway through Plate Glass Works
HER Number
4883
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Railway through Plate Glass Works
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
By the end of the 1870s the Plate Glass Works (HER ref. 4881) had a railway track running through its main building from the Forth Goods Station to the quayside. Another track ran east-west along its southern extent.
Easting
424080
Northing
563260
Grid Reference
NZ424080563260
Sources
<< HER 4883 >> Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 2000, Pottery Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1879, 25 inch scale
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1879, 25 inch scale