Url
	https://www.collections.yorkarchaeologicaltrust.co.uk/s/collections/item/128027
Resource class
	dctype:Event
Title
	P0579 The Motive Power Depot, National Railway Museum
Creator
	York Archaeological Trust
Subject
	Monument Type - Engine Shed
	Monument Type - Railway Engineering Works
	Monument Type - Alluvial
	Monument Type - Natural
Description
	The majority of the trenches revealed the concrete slab of the former motive power works on the site. This slab was recorded above a layer of modern rubble and the foundations of the original engine sheds which were constructed in the 1870s with natural deposits below. In one of the trenches in the northern corner of the site, a depth of river silts was encountered.
Contributor
	Russell Marwood (fieldwork)
	B Milner (fieldwork)
	N Macnab (fieldwork)
Date
	1998-06-16/1998-07
Type
	Watching Brief
Coverage
	Modern
	Undated
Alternative Title
	1998.160 YORYM The Motive Power Depot
Spatial Coverage
	National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York
	SE51505194

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