Tyne and Wear HER(1087): Dinnington Wagonway - Details
1087
Newcastle and N Tyneside
Dinnington Wagonway
Dinnington
NZ27SW
Transport
Tramway
Wagonway
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
A link line from Dinnington Colliery to the former Brunton & Shields/Fawdon Wagonway (HER ref. 1078) from Dinnington Colliery, which opened in 1867. May have been the catalyst for upgrading the whole of what had become the Seaton Burn Wagonway to standard gauge. Dinnington Colliery closed in 1960.
2283
7269
NZ22837269
<< HER 1087 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88, NE