Railway
Railway
HER Number
3511
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Railway
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a railway loop from Tyne Main Colliery (HER ref. 3512) to Gateshead Iron Works (HER ref. 3504).
Easting
425970
Northing
563920
Grid Reference
NZ425970563920
Sources
<< HER 3511 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3