Gateshead, Inclined railway

HER Number:
4868

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Inclined railway

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Inclined Plane

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An incline was built between 1865 and 1870 cutting across the north-east corner of Rector's Field, passing by means of a cutting under Abbot's Road and Bank Road down to Hillgate Quay. South of Abbot's Road no incline is now visible and the cutting under the road itself has been infilled with concrete. A short section of the incline, including the arched mouth of the road tunnel, survives between Abbot's Road and Bank Road, and the incline can be seen emerging from another now blocked opening in the retaining wall on the north side of Bank Street.

Easting:
2564

Northing:
6370

Grid Reference:
NZ25646370

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4868 >> Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 1998, Gateshead Regional Music Centre, Archaeological Desk Top Assessment