Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 632 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Causey Arch, Tanfield Railway
Covering Dates: n.d. [c.1778]
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Causey Arch, Tanfield Railway (Ref: D/X 632/1)
The Causey Bridge on the Tanfield Waggonway was completed in 1727.
See D/Ph 324/157
See also R. Adams, 'Joseph Atkinson and the early images of the Tanfield Arch', Early Railways Paper 6/Papers from the Sixth International Early Railways Conference, 2019
View of Causey Bridge [Causey Arch], dedicated to Sir John Eden, Baronet, M.P., n.d. [c.1778]
Below the image is the inscription: Jameson del. et Scul. This means Jameson both drew and engraved the image.
Jameson shows the south face of the arch: the Tanfield pits are to the west (left) and the waggonway continues from the east end of the bridge to the staithes.
Thomas Jameson, Newcastle engraver, was disgraced in 1765 for counterfeiting £5 notes of the Newcastle Bank. He was committed to prison on 2 December 1765, having been apprehended in Edinburgh. However, he was acquitted at the Assizes because of perjury by the woman with whom he had lodged (Jean Gray - she was pilloried for the offence on 2 August 1766) [John Sykes, Local Records]
(38cm x 25cm, paper, engraving)
