Rainton Bridge, Coal Depot

HER Number

3193

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rainton Bridge, Coal Depot

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Depot

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Coal Depot on the Rainton and Seaham Railway Hetton Branch (HER ref. 3205). Gone by 1896.

Easting

434010

Northing

548460

Grid Reference

NZ434010548460

Sources

<< HER 3193 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20