Penshaw Quarry Railway

HER Number:
3102

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw Quarry Railway

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Painshaw Quarry Railway runs from Painshaw Quarry (HER ref. 3103) to the Londonderry Railway or the Lambton Railway (this is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan). It may originally have continued beyond that point (see HER ref. 3613). Traction was provided by the Quarry Engine (HER ref. 3105).

Easting:
3210

Northing:
5341

Grid Reference:
NZ32105341

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3102 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13