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Latitude: 54.8988 / 54°53'55"N
Longitude: -1.6837 / 1°41'1"W
OS Eastings: 420383
OS Northings: 556055
OS Grid: NZ203560
Mapcode National: GBR JCPS.8P
Mapcode Global: WHC43.34JB
Plus Code: 9C6WV8X8+GG
Entry Name: Culvert, Arch and Retaining Walls, in West Face of Embankment over Causey Burn
Listing Date: 21 January 1987
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1260837
English Heritage Legacy ID: 439364
ID on this website: 101260837
Location: Causey, County Durham, NE16
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Stanley
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Tanfield
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
NZ 25 NW STANLEY CAUSEY ROAD
(West side, off)
3/161 Culvert, arch and
retaining walls,
in west face
of embankment over
Causey Burn
GV I
Culvert, arch and retaining walls. Dated 1717; for Mr. Wortley and Col.Liddell.
Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Part of the engineering works
necessary for the Tanfield wagonway, as is the Causey Arch at the south end of
the embankment.
Funnelled retaining walls about 80 metres long and 2 metres high lead to portal
arch which has voussoirs below stepped retaining wall. Top course of first
step of wall has rough inscription '1717' and initials probably C.T., partly
obscured by moss.
Since Causey Arch is said to be the first railway bridge in the world, so this
is said to be the first railway embankment and therefore first railway use of
culverting.
These works were described by Stukeley in 1725.
Graded for historical interest.
Sources: T.J.M. Lewis, Early Wooden Railways, 1970 p. 150.
W.W. Tomlinson, North Eastern Railway, 1914, second ed. K. Hoole, Newton Abbott
1967, p.9.
Listing NGR: NZ2038356055
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