North Shields, Waggonway to Chance Pit

HER Number:
15427

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Waggonway to Chance Pit

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Tramway

Site Type: Specific:
Wagonway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A waggonway to Chance Pit running north from the waggonway to Collingwood Main Pit. It can be seen as a proposal on Watson 21/13. It was almost certainly constructed, but is not shown on Bell 1847.

Easting:
3438

Northing:
6805

Grid Reference:
NZ34386805

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/ Watson 21/13: Estate plan of Chirton, property of Michael Robson and the executors of Mr Crawford showing sites of proposed new pits and waggonways. Not dated