Railway Spur/Harton Coal Company Railway
Railway Spur/Harton Coal Company Railway
HER Number
2467
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Railway Spur/Harton Coal Company Railway
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A Railway Spur connecting Mineral Railway (HER ref. 2427) with the South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway, (HER ref. 2466). This line was part of the Harton Coal Company Railway and after 1909 served Westoe Colliery. Along with the rest of the system, it was electrified in 1908, a unique step at the time.
Easting
437110
Northing
566950
Grid Reference
NZ437110566950
Sources
<< HER 2467 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4, NW
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.17-21
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.17-21