South Shields, Ballast Railway

HER Number:
2447

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Ballast Railway

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This ballast railway replaced an adjacent line (HER ref. 2349) in the 1830s and appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan to be depositing ballast onto the beach below Lawe Bank. It ran through a tunnel from Salmon's Quay and across the site of Arbeia Roman Fort. It closed in 1856.

Easting:
3672

Northing:
6784

Grid Reference:
NZ36726784

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2447 >> 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 J.W. Thornborrow, 1964, Excavations in South Shields in 1962, South Shields Archaeology and History Society, Vol II no , p 17 J.W. Thornborrow, 1964, Excavations in South Shields in 1962, South Shields Archaeology and History Society, Vol II no , p 17