Wallsend, Wallsend Viaduct

HER Number

1184

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Wallsend Viaduct

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Viaduct

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Wallsend Viaduct carries the Killingworth Wagonway (HER ref. 1083) over the Wallsend Burn. A fragmentary brick and stone abutment for the viaduct survives on the north side of Wallsend Burn.

Easting

430370

Northing

567030

Grid Reference

NZ430370567030

Sources

<< HER 1184 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89