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

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

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:
2692

Northing:
6240

Grid Reference:
NZ26926240

Lats/Lons:

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;