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See: Collieries for pages on specific coal mines.
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Miner working underground - Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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Underground working at Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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Conveyor Belt - Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
048093:Miners Cottages Dunn Street Coxlodge Unknown 1950's
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Headstock for Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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Dawdon Colliery Modernisation - Castelreagh Tower winder
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038253:Westoe Colliery, South Shields c.1965
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Underground Tunnelling machine, Murton Colliery - 1970s.
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Tunnelling machine in underground roadway, Murton Colliery
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from Newcastle University (youtube)
NEW PITHEAD BATHS OPENED (aka SEAHAM HARBOUR)
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Dunston Staiths
- Overview About Dunston Staiths Timeline Map Street View "Dunston Staiths on the River Tyne is believed to be the largest timber structure in Europe, at its height, 5.5m tonnes of …
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Waggonways
- "In the early 1600s a Nottinghamshire businessman called Huntingdon Beaumont came to Northumberland and laid rails from collieries near Blyth to a shipping point on the coast. His wooden waggonway …
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South Derwent Colliery
- Annfield Plain, 1860s - ?
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Simon Cotterill
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Morrison Busty Colliery
- Annfield Plain, 1927 - 1973
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Simon Cotterill
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Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
- Overview Map The museum was founded in 1983 by volunteers to preserve the remains of the ironstone mining industry, which had once formed the basis of Cleveland’s growth & prosperity …
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Image taken from page 8 of 'An Account of the Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale ... comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology and mining operations in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees'
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Hall Pit, Fatfield
- 28th Sep 1813, Explosion, 32 lives lost
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Fatfield Colliery
- 18th Aug 1708, Explosion, 69 lives lost
other disasters noted
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Simon Cotterill
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Victoria Garesfield Colliery
- Detailted information about the colliery. Opened: 1870
Closed: 13 Jul 1962...
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Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
Plan of the rivers Tyne and Wear with the collieries, wagonways and staiths, thereon, and the principal roads and villages, 1807
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Burt Hall
- Overview Map Street View Burt Hall is located on Northumberland Road on the Newcastle campus of Northumbria University. It was originally built in 1895 by John W. Dyson for the …
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Thomas Burt (1837-1922)
- Overview About Thomas Burt Thomas Burt was born near Backworth in 1837; at age 10 he began working at Haswell Pit as a trapper boy. He went on to be …
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The Seal of the Fraternity of the Ostmen of the Towne of Newcastle upon Tyne
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he Murton Carriage and Stand for the ChampionPick-machine. Scale, 2 Feet to 1 Inch.
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Interior of Bath-house and Vestiary, shewing Cordsand suspended clothes.
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Ransome and Rapier Coal-shipping Arrangement,Wallsend Coal Companys Staithe (Tyne).
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The Wrightson Coal-shipper: (1899) Cramlington Coal Company's Staithes, Howdon Dock (Tyne).
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Image from page 193 of "Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers" (1898)
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Woodhorn Museum
- Overview About Woodhorn Museum Map Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives is located in Ashington and based on the site of the former Woodhorn Colliery (1884-1981). The museum retains many of …
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Miner's Production Banner will honour productivity (1949)
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British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald opens home for retired miners in Seaham. (1932)
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Whitehaven coal mine re-opened with aid from Nuffield Fund (1937)
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Coal Mining, Whittonstall
- There is a long history of coal mining around Whittonstall. There are remains of bell pits around the area, indicating small scale coal mining in the 17th century or earlier[1]. …
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Cartmel Grange Care Home
- Overview Map Street View Cartmel Grange is located on Allithwaite Road in Grange-over-Sands. It was originally built in 1914 as a convalescent home for the Working Men's Club and Institute …
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Coal mining at Aldin Grange
- The monks of Durham also continued their mining ventures with great spirit and activity. From accounts for the period from the Invention of the Cross until 6 December, 1443, we …
from Beamish (flickr)
Miner working underground - Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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from Beamish (flickr)
Underground working at Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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from Beamish (flickr)
Conveyor Belt - Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
048093:Miners Cottages Dunn Street Coxlodge Unknown 1950's
Pinned by Co-Curate Team
from Beamish (flickr)
Headstock for Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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from Beamish (flickr)
Dawdon Colliery Modernisation - Castelreagh Tower winder
Pinned by Co-Curate Team
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
038253:Westoe Colliery, South Shields c.1965
Pinned by Co-Curate Team
from Beamish (flickr)
Underground Tunnelling machine, Murton Colliery - 1970s.
Pinned by Co-Curate Team
from Beamish (flickr)
Tunnelling machine in underground roadway, Murton Colliery
Pinned by Co-Curate Team
from Newcastle University (youtube)
NEW PITHEAD BATHS OPENED (aka SEAHAM HARBOUR)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Dunston Staiths
- Overview About Dunston Staiths Timeline Map Street View "Dunston Staiths on the River Tyne is believed to be the largest timber structure in Europe, at its height, 5.5m tonnes of …
Co-Curate Page
Waggonways
- "In the early 1600s a Nottinghamshire businessman called Huntingdon Beaumont came to Northumberland and laid rails from collieries near Blyth to a shipping point on the coast. His wooden waggonway …
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/collier…
South Derwent Colliery
- Annfield Plain, 1860s - ?
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/collier…
Morrison Busty Colliery
- Annfield Plain, 1927 - 1973
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
- Overview Map The museum was founded in 1983 by volunteers to preserve the remains of the ironstone mining industry, which had once formed the basis of Cleveland’s growth & prosperity …
from Flickr (flickr)
Image taken from page 8 of 'An Account of the Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale ... comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology and mining operations in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees'
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/collier…
Hall Pit, Fatfield
- 28th Sep 1813, Explosion, 32 lives lost
NZ289545
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/collier…
Fatfield Colliery
- 18th Aug 1708, Explosion, 69 lives lost
other disasters noted
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/collier…
Victoria Garesfield Colliery
- Detailted information about the colliery. Opened: 1870
Closed: 13 Jul 1962...
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
Plan of the rivers Tyne and Wear with the collieries, wagonways and staiths, thereon, and the principal roads and villages, 1807
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Burt Hall
- Overview Map Street View Burt Hall is located on Northumberland Road on the Newcastle campus of Northumbria University. It was originally built in 1895 by John W. Dyson for the …
Co-Curate Page
Thomas Burt (1837-1922)
- Overview About Thomas Burt Thomas Burt was born near Backworth in 1837; at age 10 he began working at Haswell Pit as a trapper boy. He went on to be …
from Flickr (flickr)
The Seal of the Fraternity of the Ostmen of the Towne of Newcastle upon Tyne
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
he Murton Carriage and Stand for the ChampionPick-machine. Scale, 2 Feet to 1 Inch.
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
Interior of Bath-house and Vestiary, shewing Cordsand suspended clothes.
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
Ransome and Rapier Coal-shipping Arrangement,Wallsend Coal Companys Staithe (Tyne).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
The Wrightson Coal-shipper: (1899) Cramlington Coal Company's Staithes, Howdon Dock (Tyne).
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
Image from page 193 of "Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers" (1898)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Woodhorn Museum
- Overview About Woodhorn Museum Map Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives is located in Ashington and based on the site of the former Woodhorn Colliery (1884-1981). The museum retains many of …
from Youtube (youtube)
Miner's Production Banner will honour productivity (1949)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Youtube (youtube)
British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald opens home for retired miners in Seaham. (1932)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Youtube (youtube)
Whitehaven coal mine re-opened with aid from Nuffield Fund (1937)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Coal Mining, Whittonstall
- There is a long history of coal mining around Whittonstall. There are remains of bell pits around the area, indicating small scale coal mining in the 17th century or earlier[1]. …
Co-Curate Page
Cartmel Grange Care Home
- Overview Map Street View Cartmel Grange is located on Allithwaite Road in Grange-over-Sands. It was originally built in 1914 as a convalescent home for the Working Men's Club and Institute …
Co-Curate Page
Coal mining at Aldin Grange
- The monks of Durham also continued their mining ventures with great spirit and activity. From accounts for the period from the Invention of the Cross until 6 December, 1443, we …
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