Tyne and Wear HER(4289): East Denton, Montague Main Colliery (Caroline Pit)

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    "Montague Colliery was opened in 1750 by William Benson, closed 1959. The Mickley Coal Company utilised part of Kitty's Drift (underground railway, HER 6959) in the 1930s to take coal from Caroline Pit to the screens at the closed View Pit....."
  • Owner

    SiteLines
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/4289
    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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