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Haswell Colliery Engine House


The Engine House is all that remains of Haswell Colliery, and is located just east of Haswell Plough and south of Haswell in County Durham. It was a beam pumping engine house, built c.1835. The remains, known as 'Haswell Arch' are preserved as a monument to the disaster of 28th September 1844, in which 95 men and boys died in an explosion at the colliery. The engine house is a Scheduled Monument.

Haswell Colliery (1835-1896) 1844 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Haswell Civil Parish Haswell Haswell Plough
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Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm - List Entry
- ".....The surrounding colliery site has been landscaped and the monument, known locally as the Haswell Arch, stands isolated as a memorial to the 1844 disaster. The monument includes the remains …
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Grid ref: NZ3738342246

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