P0579 The Motive Power Depot, National Railway Museum
Item
- Title
- P0579 The Motive Power Depot, National Railway Museum
- Alternative Title
- 1998.160 YORYM The Motive Power Depot
- 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.
- Type
- Watching Brief
- Date
- 16 June 1998 – July 1998
- Creator
- York Archaeological Trust
- Contributor
- Russell Marwood (fieldwork)
- B Milner (fieldwork)
- N Macnab (fieldwork)
- Spatial Coverage
- National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York
- SE51505194
- Monument Type
- Monument Type - Engine Shed
- Monument Type - Railway Engineering Works
- Monument Type - Alluvial
- Monument Type - Natural
- Period
- Modern
- Undated
Position: 5730 (45 views)