Bowes Bridge Footnote

I posted an article about Bowes Bridge on 6 September in which I mentioned that the cylinder from the engine was in the NRM at York.

Cylinder by Murrays of Chester-le-Street in the main hall at York

The display board says that the cylinder was replaced in the 1890s

Murray & Co was the major employer in Chester-le-Street in the mid nineteenth century, and supplied engines throughout the north east coalfield.   Chester-le-Street Heritage Group publish a summary history of Murray Engineering.