Brandling Waggonway (branch to John Pit)
Brandling Waggonway (branch to John Pit)
HER Number
17089
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Brandling Waggonway (branch to John Pit)
Place
Felling
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
This line ran to the deeper area of the Felling Colliery opened in 1779. An explosion at the newly opened John Pit in 1812 killed many miners.
Easting
426920
Northing
562400
Grid Reference
NZ426920562400
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 45b) 169;