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Blaydon Burn Colliery (1850s - 1956)


Blaydon Burn Colliery was established in the 1850s, owned by Joseph Cowen. By the 1890s the colliery was producing about 100,000 tons of coal per year, transported by rail to be shipped at Tyne Dock. In the 1900s the colliery was owned by Priestman Collieries Ltd. Initially there was Blaydon Main Colliery, (Milner Pit) and Victoria Drift (ruins of the entrance still visible).[1] Later there were 2 main pits; 'Bessie' and 'Mary', producing coal for coking, gas, fireclay and associated brick manufacturing. At the height of it's employment in 1935 there were 1,178 people working at the colliery (958 working below ground and 220 on the surface).[2] Blaydon Burn Colliery closed on the 3rd of November 1956.

Blaydon Burn (area) Blaydon Burn (hamlet), 1848 Collieries
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Blaydon Burn Colliery
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046257:Blaydon Burn Colliery Locomotive Blaydon Burn Unknown c.1896
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Ruined buildings of former colliery, Blaydon Burn
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Bessie Pit Drift Mine Entrance, Blaydon Burn
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Retaining wall and remains of Coal Drops, Blaydon Burn
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Tyne and Wear HER(1661): Blaydon Burn, Blaydon Main Colliery, Milner Pit
- "The Milner Pit is not marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey plan (c.1855), but does appear on the second edition in 1896. It exploited the Hodge or Camel Seam. …
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Tyne and Wear HER(1644): Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift
- "Part of Blaydon Burn Colliery (HER 3560), which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1956. The entrance to this old level is still visible and there are colliery buildings …
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Tyne and Wear HER(3560): Blaydon Burn, Betsy Pit/Belsay Pit
- "etsy Pit (Coal), also known as Belsay Pit became part of Blaydon Burn Colliery, eventually closing in the 1950s. This small pit belonged to Joseph Cowen who owned the brickworks …
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