Tyne and Wear HER(1065): Seaton Burn Wagonway (Brunton and Shields Railway)

Tyne and Wear HER(1065): Seaton Burn Wagonway (Brunton and Shields Railway) Unknown license check permission to reuse

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"The Seaton Burn Wagonway overlay the earlier Brunton & Shields Railway, opened in stages in 1826 and 1837 by the Grand Allies, and built by Benjamin Thompson. It was converted to standard gauge some time after 1860. There were engines on this line at Percy Main (Tyne Plane), Flatworth, Shiremoor, Hillhead and Brunton. Fawdon Colliery, which opened in 1810, connected to the Brunton and Shields line in 1826. Wideopen Colliery, linked itself to the Brunton and Shields route in 1827. The last colliery to connect to the system was Seaton Burn, opened by the Grand Allies in 1837....."
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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