Great Eppleton, Hetton Railway, Eppleton Branch

HER Number:
2986

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Great Eppleton, Hetton Railway, Eppleton Branch

Place:
Great Eppleton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Inclined Plane

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Hetton Railway, Eppleton Branch ran from the Eppleton Colliery (HER ref. 2982) to the Hetton Railway (HER ref. 2848). This operated on a self-acting incline system built in 1825. The ropes were removed circa 1900 although the line continued in use until 1959.

Easting:
3613

Northing:
4827

Grid Reference:
NZ36134827

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2986 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21 C.E. Mountford, 1970, The Development of Colliery Railways in Co. Durham, p.13; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear