Ouseburn Viaduct
Ouseburn Viaduct
HER Number
4327
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Ouseburn Viaduct
Place
Newcastle
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
Ouseburn Viaduct is the sister viaduct of another at Willington. It is a wrought iron reconstruction of the original laminated timber structure, built by John Green in 1837-9. It is 918 feet (280 metres) long, with four stone approach arches and five main arches, carrying the railway 108 feet (33 metresetres) above the Ouseburn. The stone piers carried the original timber structure and were probably designed to be reused when the timber was replaced. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
426140
Northing
564720
Grid Reference
NZ426140564720
Sources
<< HER 4327 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NE
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.19
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.19