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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 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 …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![Victoria Tunnel](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/16/07/2160731_f566c206.jpg)