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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 much of the wagonway forms part of the National Cycle Network.
Waggonways Fawdon Colliery Weetslade Colliery (1903 - 1966) Seaton Burn Colliery (1844 - 1965)
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ECM7/49 Seaton Burn Waggonway

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Waggonway, Seaton Burn

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Reiver's Cycle Route at Seaton Burn

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Sign beside the Reiver's Cycle Route

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Bridge on the former Seaton Burn Waggonway

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Seaton Burn Waggonway

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Former Seaton Burn Waggonway

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Seaton Burn Waggonway

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Cycleway, Seaton Burn

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Seatonburn Waggonway

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Cycle route on old railway at Percy Main

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

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Excavation on the Brunton and Shields Railway at Weetslade, North Tyneside
- Philip N. Wood. Industrial Archaeology Review (2010). Excavation and recording of a section of the Brunton and Shields Railway, near Wideopen, North Tyneside, has revealed remains of two phases of …

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