Penshaw, North Penshaw Signal Box

HER Number:
1722

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, North Penshaw Signal Box

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Signal Box

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Mounted on a gantry over rails. It used to control the junction until the Penshaw branch closed, after which is continued to control the junction south of it where the N.C.B. lines join British Railways. A brick railwayman's house survives alongside the track.

Easting:
32138

Northing:
53971

Grid Reference:
NZ3213853971

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1722 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area