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Seaton Burn Colliery (1844 - 1965)
Seaton Burn Colliery opened by the Grand Allies c.1844. By 1852 it was owned by John Bowes & Co. and from 1938 by Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. At its peak in 1921, the colliery employed 1,311 people (1,020 working below the surface, and 291 working on the surface).[1] Seaton Burn Colliery closed on the 17th of August, 1965.
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Tyne and Wear HER(1064): Seaton Burn Colliery (Brenkley Colliery)
- "Seatonburn Colliery, served by a wagonway (HER ref. 1067), opened c.1844 after several years sinking the shaft, and closed 17th August 1963. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows a …
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Seaton Burn Wagonway
- Brunton & Shields Railway, opened in 1826 by the Grand Allies, and built by Benjamin Thompson, extended in 1837. From 1878 it was overlayed by the Seaton Burn Wagonway. Today …
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Tyne and Wear HER(1064): Seaton Burn Colliery (Brenkley Colliery)
- "Seatonburn Colliery, served by a wagonway (HER ref. 1067), opened c.1844 after several years sinking the shaft, and closed 17th August 1963. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows a …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
