Philadelphia Works
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Philadelphia Works
| Nearby stations Penshaw [2nd] Penshaw [1st] Cox Green Fencehouses Washington [S and TR] [1st] Washington [DJR] [2nd] Biddick Lane Hylton South Hylton Rainton Meadows Hetton Usworth Vigo Seaton [NE] [1st] Seaton [NE] [2nd] | Dorothea Colliery Herrington Colliery West Herrington Engine Houghton Quarry Middle Herrington Engine Houghton Colliery Penshaw Junction Burnmoor Colliery Grindon Bank Head Victoria Viaduct [Durham] Mine Lumley Sixth Colliery Tourist/other Penshaw Monument Low Lambton Staiths High Lambton Staiths |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1875 | South Hetton Coal Company Railway One of Timothy Hackworth's locomotives withdrawn to be used as snowplough. Was taken by the National Coal Board to Philadelphia Works for display. |
| / /1924 | Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
James Joicey & Co Ltd Merge to form Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. Main works and engine shed were located at Philadelphia Works by Houghton-le-Spring. |
