Jarrow, Engine House

HER Number

2295

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Engine House

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Power Generation Site

Site Type: Specific

Engine House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

An Engine House on the Ballast Railway (HER ref. 2262). The location of this engine, on top of the Jarrow Ballast Hills (HER ref. 2265) suggests that it was used to pull wagons over this obstacle.

Easting

3360

Northing

6574

Grid Reference

NZ33606574

Sources

<< HER 2295 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3