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Wideopen Colliery


The sinking of Wideopen Colliery began in 1825 and production stated in 1827 after reaching the High Main coal seam at a depth of about 146 metres. Coal from Wideopen was transported via the Fawdon Wagonway to Scotswood. The site was once used as a motor scrap-yard, then later redeveloped for housing.

Wideopen Collieries Fawdon Wagonway Weetsleet Township (Longbenton), 1848
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Wideopen Colliery in Northumberland
- Public Domain image "As depicted by the famous coal fields artist Thomas Harrison Hair in 1844."
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Wideopen Colliery
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Tyne and Wear HER(1077): Wideopen Colliery
- "Wideopen Colliery appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, with a shaft marked on the main site and a tunnel and shaft to the north west at NZ 2433 …
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Tyne & Wear HER: 1077
Grid ref: NZ24577242

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