Tyne and Wear HER(3144): Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph - Details
3144
Sunderland
Houghton-le-Spring, Electric Telegraph
Houghton-le-Spring
NZ35SW
Communications
Telegraph Line
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
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.
31883
50220
NZ3188350220
<< HER 3144 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13