Newcastle, Railway through Plate Glass Works

HER Number:
4883

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Railway through Plate Glass Works

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
By the end of the 1870s the Plate Glass Works (HER ref. 4881) had a railway track running through its main building from the Forth Goods Station to the quayside. Another track ran east-west along its southern extent.

Easting:
2408

Northing:
6326

Grid Reference:
NZ24086326

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4883 >> Tyne and Wear Museums Service, 2000, Pottery Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1879, 25 inch scale