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2708


Sunderland


North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch


Monkwearmouth


NZ35NE NZ45NW


Transport


Railway Transport Site


Railway


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


The North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch, from the North Eastern Railway, Sunderland Branch (HER ref. 2289) to the North Dock (HER ref. 2717) and Creosoting Works (HER ref. 2713). This line was opened in 1837 by the Wearmouth Dock Company. The railway can be followed over most of its course from Seaburn Station to North Dock.


3944


5946


NZ39445946



<< HER 2708 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8 N.T. Sinclair in Milburn & Miller, (eds) 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People, Sunderland's Railways, p.26,27 Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area

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