Wardley, Bowes Railway Locomotive Shed

HER Number:
1669

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Wardley, Bowes Railway Locomotive Shed

Place:
Wardley

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Engine Shed

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Forming part of the Bowes Railway, Wardley locomotive shed, at the foot of Springwell Incline marks the end of the former rope worked sections of the railway and the start of the more level route to Jarrow worked by locomotives. The building is a robust stone structure with a relatively modern metal-framed cladded shed attached. It was repaired in 1993. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT

Easting:
2980

Northing:
6068

Grid Reference:
NZ29806068

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1669 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 5