Houghton-le-Spring, Byer Engine and Reservoir

HER Number:
3187

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Byer Engine and Reservoir

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Machinery

Site Type: Specific:
Engine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Byre Engine and its reservoir on the Hetton Railway (HER ref. 2848). This engine was later known as Copt Hill Engine. It survived in part at least until the 1970s.

Easting:
3558

Northing:
4963

Grid Reference:
NZ35584963

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3187 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20 C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13