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Description and History of Site:-
Weighing Machine House, Bog Hall, Whitby. Designed and built in 1834 by John Bolton Jnr for the horse-drawn Whitby & Pickering Railway (opened throughout in 1836), for the purpose of weighing freight to be transported on the line, primarily the volcanic "whinstone" quarried near Grosmont by the Whitby Stone Co. This ruinous building is sited beside the public footpath alongside the rail track between Whitby and Ruswarp,and is a rare surviving example of an early railway weigh-house.
Further Reading and References:-Whitworth A. 1998 Esk Valley Railway. Warncliffe Publishing. Barnsley
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal volume 79, 2007.
Ken Hoole 1985 North-Eastern Branch Line Termini.
Andrew White 1995 The Buildings of Georgian Whitby
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Key Words :- weighing machine
Address :- Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4AH
Grid Ref :- NZ 89850 09810
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.475705 , Long -0.614932
Local Authority :- Scarborough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1239953,
Record Date :- 15 October 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris
Grid Ref :- NZ 89850 09810
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.475705 , Long -0.614932
Local Authority :- Scarborough Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1239953,
Record Date :- 15 October 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © Charles Morris