Penshaw, Weigh Cabin

HER Number

1727

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Penshaw, Weigh Cabin

Place

Penshaw

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Weighbridge

Site Type: Specific

Weighbridge

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Weighed coal and coke in waggons leaving Herrington Pit and Lambton Coke Works.

Easting

431900

Northing

552900

Grid Reference

NZ431900552900

Sources

<< HER 1727 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area