Blackhall Mill, wagonway

HER Number:
5193

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blackhall Mill, wagonway

Place:
Blackhall Mill

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Narrow gauge, rope hauled wagonway built by the Consett Iron Company circa 1872 to take coal from Carr Pit in Milkwell Burn Wood to the cokeworks at Westwood Colliery. A section of the wagonway was investigated during the course of a watching brief in 1991. The track was found to have been laid on a ridge of sand and gravel. The ridge was 7 metres across at the base and 3 metres across at the top and was 2 metres high. It crossed the River Derwent on a wooden trestle bridge (in County Durham - NZ 1133 5681). The stone abutments are still in situ. The wagonway crossed the Milkwell Burn on a skew type bridge (HER 5194) which still survives.

Easting:
1120

Northing:
5733

Grid Reference:
NZ11205733

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5193 >> A. H. Reed, 1993, New Sewage Pipe Line Ebchester to Blackhall Mill, Watching Brief report