Vigo Engine and reservoir

HER Number

3017

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Vigo Engine and reservoir

Place

Harraton

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Machinery

Site Type: Specific

Engine

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Vigo Engine and Reservoir were situated at the top of Vigo West Bank on the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Line (HER ref. 2290).

Easting

2867

Northing

5428

Grid Reference

NZ28675428

Sources

<< HER 3017 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13