RAILSCOT | Nanny Mayor's Incline

Place

Nanny Mayor's Incline (1834-1859)

Opened on the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad.

Nearby stations Waskerley Burnhill Salter^s Gate Cottage Rowley Hownes Gill Consett [1st] Knitsley Blackhill High Stoop Consett [3rd] Crawley [S and T] Carr House Stanhope [1st] Stanhope Shotley Bridge	Waskerley Shed Burnhill Junction Whitehall Junction [Rowley] Frosterley Cut Black Cabin Loop Parkhead House Parkhead Depot Hownes Gill Viaduct Hownes Gill Junction Dursand Quarry Consett South Junction Parkhill Junction Consett Low Yard Quarry Tourist/other Burn Hill MOD
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

/ /1834	Stanhope and Tyne Railway Line opened, with no authorisation act. Wayleaves were used, rather than land purchase. There were several inclined planes: Waldridge Incline, Edenhill Incline, Twizell Incline, Stanley Incline, Loud Bank Incline, Hownes Gill Inclines, Nanny Mayor's Incline, Waskerley Incline and Weatherhill Incline.
/ /1859	Stanhope and Tyne Railway Nanny Mayor's Incline closed, replaced by the Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway) (and reversal at Burnhill Junction).
/ /1859	Stanhope and Tyne Railway Waskerley closed (coinciding with the closure of Nanny Mayor's Incline) and the opening of the Nanny Mayor's Incline Deviation (Stockton and Darlington Railway).