Wallsend, Waggonway to Coal Staiths

HER Number:
15384

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Waggonway to Coal Staiths

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A waggonway to coal spouts on the riverside, serving Wallsend pits.

Easting:
3022

Northing:
6626

Grid Reference:
NZ30226626

Lats/Lons:

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: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 19/16: Estate plan of Backworth, Seghill and Burradon and colliery plan of Willington, Wallsend and Bigges Main, showing boreholes and pits and intended new winning in Seghill. Not dated