Brockley Whins, railway bridge

HER Number:
10430

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Brockley Whins, railway bridge

Place:
Brockley Whins

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW NZ36SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Bridge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The bridge once carried the Stanhope and Tyne Railway over the River Don. The railway was opened in 1834. It was the first public railway in the region and was designed to take passengers from South Shields to the Durham turnpike road, and to take minerals from County Durham to staiths on the Tyne. The line was later taken over by the North Eastern Railway and became their Pontop and South Shields Branch. The well-built stone bridge abutments date to the 1830s when the railway was first opened, but the metal plate across the abutments has been renewed at a later date. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3497

Northing:
6284

Grid Reference:
NZ34976284

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Shown on Ordnance Survey First Edition of 1850; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/79/SS