Killingworth, Hillhead Engine

HER Number:
1096

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, Hillhead Engine

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Hillhead Engine, on Seatonburn Wagonway (SMR 1065) shown on First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1858. Remains of the engine house still survived in tree cluster in 2005. In 2015 the definition of the buildings is less clear but still discernable. It was situated at the top of an incline and held a stationary steam engine which would have pulled waggons up the hill. The engine had consisted of a horizontal steam engine with drum carrying 4 miles of cables. Disused by 1913.

Easting:
2825

Northing:
7210

Grid Reference:
NZ28257210

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1096 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1858, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89;