Tyne and Wear HER(3230): Easington Lane, Elemore Colliery

  • Description

    "Elemore Colliery was commenced on May 23rd 1825 by the Hetton Coal Company, but the sinking was complicated by flooding. The first coals were drawn in 1833. In 1853 the Caroline shaft, abandoned 20 years previously during sinking, was reopened. The workmen in these early years lived in houses built of sod at Low Downs, in the midst of which existed a "Fad" where colliery horses were kept. The sinking of the New Pit or Lindsay Shaft started in 1870..."
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    SiteLines
  • Source

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  • License

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  • Further information

    Link: http://twsitelines.info/SMR/3230
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 6 years, 8 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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