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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 ...
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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 became known as the Seaton Burn Wagonway. Today ...


from http://twsitelines.info/SMR...
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 ...
Added by
Simon Cotterill
