Heaton Waggonway to St. Anthony's Realignment
Heaton Waggonway to St. Anthony's Realignment
HER Number
15340
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Heaton Waggonway to St. Anthony's Realignment
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A plan of 1805 (Watson 27/13) shows a proposed realignment of Heaton/Lawson’s Main Waggonway serving the pits of Heaton Main Colliery to avoid Lawson’s Main whilst retaining its outlet at St Anthony’s. It is likely that this route was taken up once Lawson’s Main Waggonway (HER 15339) closed in 1811 following the flooding and closure of Lawson’s Main Colliery.
Easting
427920
Northing
565730
Grid Reference
NZ427920565730
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering, NRO/3410/ Watson 27/13 Plan of the line of Heaton Colliery Waggonway, 1805; Turnbull, L, 2015, A Celebration of our Mining Heritage