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St Lawrence Colliery (c1831 - c1934)
Also known as Mushroom Colliery. The mine reached the Low Main coal seam on the 7th of August 1833. This was one of the first colleries to introduce a system of square tubs; the shafts were filled with cages and tubs guided by wooden spears placed one above the other, pulled up and down by two winding engines.[1]
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Tyne and Wear HER(6989): Byker, St. Lawrence Colliery (Mushroom Colliery)
- "Opened 1833 by Messrs Todd, Dunn and Ridley. On 7 August 1833 guns were fired to celebrate the loading of the first vessel at the colliery. The shaft had been …
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Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(6989): Byker, St. Lawrence Colliery (Mushroom Colliery)
- "Opened 1833 by Messrs Todd, Dunn and Ridley. On 7 August 1833 guns were fired to celebrate the loading of the first vessel at the colliery. The shaft had been …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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