Beamish Waggon & Iron Works
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Beamish Waggon & Iron Works
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 13 Jan 2018
Dominating the replica of Rowley Railway Station is the large building completed in 2002, externally presented as 'Beamish Waggon and Iron Works, estd 1857'. In reality this is the Regional Museums Store, which Beamish shares with Tyne and Wear Museums. This houses, amongst other things, a large marine diesel engine by William Doxford & Sons of Pallion, Sunderland (1977); and several boats including the Tyne wherry (a traditional local type of lighter) Elswick No. 2 (1930). Attached to the north side of the store are two covered sidings (not accessible to visitors), used to service and store the locomotives and stock used on the railway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamish_Museum
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Image Location
Latitude
54.887846
Longitude
-1.665745