Ballast Railway
Ballast Railway
HER Number
2349
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Ballast 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
This was the first ballast wagonway in South Shields. Trucks were hauled by a stationary engine near the North Marine Park. In the 1830s the line was diverted to follow a line to Salmon's Quay (HER ref. 2447). It was crossed by the line of the later Ballast Railway (HER ref. 2447) which may have superseded it, and is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.
Easting
436720
Northing
567900
Grid Reference
NZ436720567900
Sources
<< HER 2349 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.4
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.4