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Description: | Tanfield Arch (also known as Causey Arch) in County Durham was built in 1725-26 as part of Tanfield Railway. Horses can be seen pulling small wagons along the railway in this view. The railway took coal from mines at Stanley and Marley Hill to ships on the River Tyne. In the 19th century, the wooden track was replaced with metal rails, and horses were replaced by stationary steam winding engines. The line closed in 1962. Tanfield Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world. This print was produced from a watercolour by the Newcastle artist Joseph Atkinson. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work invention and innovation living in the North East other North East transport buildings and views made in the North East coal mining | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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