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15430


Newcastle


Benwell Colliery Waggonway


Benwell


NZ26SW


Transport


Tramway


Wagonway


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


A short waggonway running east from the Benwell inclined plane (HER 4082) to the Aubone Pit. Named on a map of 1826 (Turnbull 2009, 119). It remains on Bell’s map of 1847 but with an additional return line.


2162


6369


NZ21626369



Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Turnbull, L. 2009 Coals from Newcastle: An Introduction to the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; Andrew Bowes Estate Plan, 1811 (Seymour Bell Collection)

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