The Chopwell and Garesfield Railway 1896 – 1961
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Description
"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 Footpath. The Railway was built by the Consett Iron Company to carry coal from their colliery at Chopwell. The shaft for the first pit at Chopwell Colliery, known as No1 Pit, was sunk in 1896. Two more shafts were sunk; No 2 Pit in 1906 and No.3 Pit in 1909...." -
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Chopwell Wood Heritage Trail -
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Further information
Link: http://www.northerngrid.org/content/chopwell/activities/railway.html
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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