Penshaw, The Main Engine

HER Number:
3083

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, The Main Engine

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1862 shows a building labelled The Main Engine at Waggon Hill. On the 1775 plan there is a coal shaft, surrounding spoil and adjoining building, probably a pumping engine are shown here. A track, with sidings beside the pit ran north to the spout on the Lambton riverbank and probably transported coal from the colliery. Pit may have closed by 1815 - the engine perhaps still functioned to drain the colliery. Perhaps represents Wharton Main Colliery hence the name, the Main Engine, on the 1862 OS plan.

Easting:
3148

Northing:
5395

Grid Reference:
NZ31485395

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3083 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227);