Tyne and Wear HER(2820): Bishopwearmouth, Millfield Engine Works - Details
2820
Sunderland
Bishopwearmouth, Millfield Engine Works
Bishopwearmouth
NZ35NE
Transport
Railway Transport Site
Railway Works
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Millfield Engine Works was possibly a Railway Works associated with the North Eastern Railway, Penshaw Branch (HER ref. 2659). The works were built after 1852 when the railway was opened.
3845
5715
NZ38455715
<< HER 2820 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8
N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Industry to 1914, p.23