Cox Green, Tunnel

HER Number:
3072

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Cox Green, Tunnel

Place:
Cox Green

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway Tunnel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This stone-lined tunnel formerly linked Low Lambton Quarries to staithes on the river bank, where the stone was transferred to be transported downriver.

Easting:
3238

Northing:
5488

Grid Reference:
NZ32385488

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3072 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13 Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in the River Wear plan area Tyne and Wear County Council, 1985, Penshaw Monument and the River Wear leaflet