Coxgreen Footbridge

COXGREEN FOOTBRIDGE  -  THE FERRYMAN'S HOUSE
Washington Staithes side of River Wear

[ Photographer: James Gill, 3rd September 2017 ]

Sunderland Echo Press Cutting

COXGREEN FOOTBRIDGE DURING CONSTRUCTION - 1958
Note the Sightseers.

Coxgreen Footbridge nearing completion.  Is that a rather subdued Ferryboat Man sitting at the bottom of the Boat Ramp?
Up the Bank (centre-picture) to Washington Station, via Wilden Terrace and Footbridge over the Railway Tracks.

The Recently Completed Coxgreen Footbridge
Looking south, towards Penshaw Monument.

Coxgreen Footbridge (May 1965).
[Courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archivesand Museums]

L/R: Valerie Cook, Ann Thompson & Ann's baby sister, Janice.  Victoria Viaduct is upstream to the left.
Blast Row is above the bridge and the Chemical Works spoil heap is above the white houses.

Coxgreen Footbridge  -  The Ferryman's House  -  Washington Chemical Works
Looking downstream from the south bank of the River Wear.

Washington Chemical Works (1970s) from the high ground between Coxgreen and Penshaw/Sunderland railway line
[Thanks to Tiberius Magnus]

View of industrial Washington from the high ground to the south of Cox Green Village.

VIEW FROM FOOTBRIDGE
Looking downstream towards South Hylton (A19) Road Bridge.

[ Photographer: Keith Cockerill, 26th May 2021 ]

VIEW FROM FOOTBRIDGE
Looking upstream towards Victoria Viaduct (Leamside Line) Railway Bridge.

[ Photographer: Keith Cockerill, 26th May 2021 ]