Blaydon Main Wagonway

HER Number:
3442

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Main Wagonway

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the course of Blaydon Main Wagonway from Blaydon Main Colliery (HER ref. 3439) to Blaydon Wagonway, with an Engine Shed (HER ref. 3446).

Easting:
1961

Northing:
6325

Grid Reference:
NZ19616325

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3442 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2 Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 180-1