Tyne and Wear HER(2708): North Eastern Railway, North Dock Branch - Details
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