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Chopwell and Garesfield Railway
The Chopwell and Garesfield Railway operated from 1896 to 1961. The standard gauge railway was built by the Consett Iron Company to carry coal from their colliery at Chopwell. The Railway connected Chopwell and High Spen along a line through Chopwell Wood. The remaining track bed of the line is now called the Old Colliery Railway Footpath. Work began on the railway in 1893. At first it was used to transport bricks, made by the Bute Brickworks at High Spen, to Chopwell to build the colliery buildings. Once the colliery was opened the railway was transporting about 3,000 tons of coal a day. The line joined an existing railway at High Spen, which carried the coal to the coal staithes at Derwenthaugh on the River Tyne, where it was loaded onto colliers for onward transport.
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Disused Chopwell and Garesfield Railway, Chopwell Wood
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Bridge on the old Chopwell and Garesfield Railway, Chopwell Wood
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Chopwell Wood: Trackbed of the Chopwell and Garesfield Railway
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Chopwell Colliery (1781 - 1966)
- Chopwell Colliery opened in 1781, owned by Marquis of Bute (though coal had been worked in Chopwell since the 14th century). In 1890 the colliery was taken over by the …
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Chopwell
- Overview About Chopwell Map Street View CHOPWELL, a township, in the parish of Ryton, union of Gateshead, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 11½ …
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The Chopwell and Garesfield Railway 1896 – 1961
- "The Chopwell & Garesfield Railway connected Chopwell and High Spen along a curving line through Chopwell Wood. The track bed of this line is now called the Old Colliery Railway …
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Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(3465): Garesfield Wagonway
- "The northern terminus of the Garesfield Wagonway was probably at Garesfield Staith (HER ref. 3461), but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to stop just short. Its …
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Simon Cotterill
from Geograph (geograph)
Disused Chopwell and Garesfield Railway, Chopwell Wood
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Geograph (geograph)
Bridge on the old Chopwell and Garesfield Railway, Chopwell Wood
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Geograph (geograph)
Chopwell Wood: Trackbed of the Chopwell and Garesfield Railway
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Chopwell Colliery (1781 - 1966)
- Chopwell Colliery opened in 1781, owned by Marquis of Bute (though coal had been worked in Chopwell since the 14th century). In 1890 the colliery was taken over by the …
Co-Curate Page
Chopwell
- Overview About Chopwell Map Street View CHOPWELL, a township, in the parish of Ryton, union of Gateshead, W. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham, 11½ …
from http://www.northerngrid.org/c…
The Chopwell and Garesfield Railway 1896 – 1961
- "The Chopwell & Garesfield Railway connected Chopwell and High Spen along a curving line through Chopwell Wood. The track bed of this line is now called the Old Colliery Railway …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.twsitelines.info/S…
Tyne and Wear HER(3465): Garesfield Wagonway
- "The northern terminus of the Garesfield Wagonway was probably at Garesfield Staith (HER ref. 3461), but on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan it appears to stop just short. Its …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
