Fisher Street, railway bridge

HER Number

13464

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Fisher Street, railway bridge

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Bridge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Recorded by RCHME in 1990. Carried Oil Mill Road over the NER Riverside Branch. Railway bridge on Fisher Street, built in the 1870s. Iron bridge on stone and brick abutments.

Easting

429700

Northing

565470

Grid Reference

NZ429700565470

Sources

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1990, An Architectural Survey of Urban Development Corporation Areas - Tyne and Wear, Vol. One, Tyneside; National Monuments Record monument 955197, building file BF064339