Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph

HER Number:
3144

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Communications

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Telegraph Line

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan shows an electric telegraph line running south-east from the Railway Station at Fence Houses (HER ref. 3143). Its complete length is unclear.

Easting:
31883

Northing:
50220

Grid Reference:
NZ3188350220

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3144 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13