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Spital Tongues Colliery (1830s-1858)


Spital Tongues WW2 Bomb Shelters Collieries Victoria Tunnel
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Tyne and Wear HER(4090): Spital Tongues Colliery
- "Spital Tongues Colliery. Opened in the 1830s. In the 1850s the owners were Edward Richardson & Co. The Victoria Tunnel (HER 4091), an underground railway, was built for Porter and …
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Victoria Tunnel
- Summary History Route Restoration Victoria Tunnel was built between 1839 to 1842 to carry coal from Spital Tongues Colliery to the River Tyne. The waggonway tunnel was 1½ miles (2.4km) …

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Tyne & Wear HER: 4090
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