Tyne and Wear HER(15430): Benwell Colliery Waggonway - Details
15430
Newcastle
Benwell Colliery Waggonway
Benwell
NZ26SW
Transport
Tramway
Wagonway
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A short waggonway running east from the Benwell inclined plane (HER 4082) to the Aubone Pit. Named on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119). It remains on Bell’s map of 1847 but with an additional return line.
2162
6369
NZ21626369
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (Seymour Bell Collection)