Tyne and Wear HER(6989): Byker, St. Lawrence Colliery (Mushroom Colliery)

Tyne and Wear HER(6989): Byker, St. Lawrence Colliery (Mushroom Colliery) Unknown license check permission to reuse

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"Opened 1833 by Messrs Todd, Dunn and Ridley. On 7 August 1833 guns were fired to celebrate the loading of the first vessel at the colliery. The shaft had been sunk to a depth of 94 fathoms in only 8 months. Whellan said the colliery originally opened in the 1700s, but it flooded with water. Friar's Goose engine (HER 1012) was used to drained it so that it could be reopened in 1833. The workings extended under Sandgate and the River Tyne...."
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Link: http://twsitelines.info/SMR/6989
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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