South Shields, Wagon Building Works

HER Number:
2453

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Wagon Building Works

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Engineering Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Carriage Works

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Wagon Building Works, by the North Eastern Railway Pontop and South Shields Railway (HER ref. 2290) at South Shields. Built for the Stanhope and Tyne Railway, so opened c.1834, the works closed in 1862 and were replaced by sheds at Simonside (HER ref. 2561).

Easting:
3621

Northing:
6747

Grid Reference:
NZ36216747

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2453 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.14