Town Moor Station, on the North Eastern Railway Sunderland and Durham Branch, (SMR 2895).

The Victoria Bridge, carried the North Eastern Railway (HER 2625) over the Wear. It was completed on Queen Victoria's Coronation day on 28 June 1838 by the engineer T.E.Harrison/James Walker of Walker and Burges. Rusticated sandstone. At the time it had the largest span in Europe. Built as part of the Durham Junction Railway, the viaduct was based on the Roman Alcantara Bridge in Spain. The largest of its 4 arches spans 160 feet and is 120 ft above the river. The total length of the structure is 820 ft.It carried the main London-Newcastle line until 1868. Remains in use to carry freight traffic and weekend passenger diversions. An exceptional structure of 1838, having the largest arches in Europe at the time of building.

Smithy, by the South Dock, (SMR 2874). Shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey 1855.

South Dock Drops. The northern terminus of the North Eastern Railway Durham and Sunderland Branch, (SMR 2895), within the South Dock, (SMR 2874).

The South Dock, Sunderland. The Dock was served by the dock railway, (SMR 2538) and Drops, (SMR 2875). The South Dock Company was formed in 1846 and the Dock was opened in 1850. It covered an area of 47 acres and was built largely on reclaimed land. By 1856 it had been enlarged to 66 acres and between 1864 and 1868 the Hendon Dock was added. All the docks had access to the sea, initially using a unique sluicing system, which was replaced in 1878-8. In 1889 2 million tons of coal passed through the dock, and in 1928 5 million tons {3}. The South Dock was opened in 1850 by the Sunderland Dock Company, headed by George Hudson, the "Railway King" who became one of Sunderland's two Members of Parliament in 1845. The South Dock included the staiths of the Durham and Sunderland Railway, which formed part of Hudson's Railway Empire. A major part of the capital for the Dock was supplied by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company. The design of the Dock was by John Murray, the River Wear Commission Engineer. Robert Stephenson, son of George and highly acclaimed in his own right one of the leading engineers of the day, was employed as a consultant. The dock, with the capacity for 350 ships, was built largely on land reclaimed from the sea. In 1859 the Sunderland Dock Company amalgamated with the River Wear Commission and the timber dock at the southern end was converted into a separate dock with independent access to the south harbour. The Hendon Dock opened in 1868. In 1876-1880 the southern half-tide basin was converted into a sea lock. The tongue of land between the two sections of the dock was removed. In the late 1970s aggregate (bricks and concrete) were tipped into the south outlet and sea lock to create developable land, thus removing the connection to the sea. The South Dock remained an important shipping point for coal until the mid 1980s.

An Iron Foundry constructed in the mid-19th century. Comprised of engine shed, two smithies and a rail track. The Iron Foundry expanded during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1960s much of the site was demolished. Upstanding remains associated with the Iron Foundry may have been incorporated into the extant electricity sub-station.

South Beacon, on the South Rocks.

Timber Yard.

Barracks shown on the 1st edition OS mapping shows a ball alley, hospital and magazine within the site {1}. In response to the Napoleonic threat in the late 18th century, volunteer regiments were set up and barracks were constructed. In Sunderland men were housed in rented accommodation, but purpose-built barracks were constructed in 1794, close to the harbour. A hospital for 80 patients was also built a short distance to the south {2}. Timber barracks built in 1785, a hospital was added in 1803. The barracks were rebuilt in the early C19. A plan of 1848 shows the officer's quarters, two opposed ranges of men's barracks with a polygonal kitchen block at one end and an L-shaped hospital. A lithograph circa 1850 also shows the barracks. The barrack ranges were two-storeys with hipped roofs, divided into 19 large rooms, each housing 36 men in double berths. The 20 sergeants rooms housed 4 men in bunks. The officer's house contained two mess establishments for 6 field officers, 16 captains and 13 subalterns plus five servants. The rest of the complex included cook houses, washrooms, privies, a magazine, guard house, coal yard, fire-engine house, officer's stable and canteen all along the perimeter wall.

Graving Dock. Adjacent to the Half Tide Basin of the South Dock, (SMR 2874).