King Edward VII Railway Bridge

HER Number

1010

District

Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name

King Edward VII Railway Bridge

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Railway Bridge

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Built in 1902-6 by Charles A Harrison for the North Eastern Railway with Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co as contractors. The bridge was built with four massive steel lattice girder spans carrying four rail tracks, each 8.5 metres deep and up to 91 metres long, supported on solid stone piers. It cost just over £500,000 and was very much a workaday design. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

424700

Northing

563190

Grid Reference

NZ424700563190

Sources

<< HER 1010 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 16; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 1001/1/10007; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 102; City Guides Information