Tyne and Wear HER(1644): Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift - Details
1644
Gateshead
Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift
Blaydon Burn
NZ16SE
Industrial
Mine Shaft
Adit
Early Modern
C19
Structure
Part of Blaydon Burn Colliery (HER 3560), which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1956. The entrance to this old level is still visible and there are colliery buildings along the public footpath.
1687
6229
NZ16876229
<< HER 1644 >> 1975, Blaydon Burn, Industrial Archaeology -Historic Environment; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk