Tyne and Wear HER(1626): Derwent Haugh, Staithes - Details
1626
Gateshead
Derwent Haugh, Staithes
Derwent Haugh
NZ26SW
Transport
Water Transport Site
Staith
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Structure
The Derwenthaugh Marina incorporates the remains of what was the eastern range of Derwenthaugh Staiths, now part of a jetty. This had been an important coal handling and shipping point since the mid 18th century. These remains are part of the 19th century staiths used by the Consett Iron Company who opened the colliery at Chopwell and transported coal along the Garesfield and Chopwell Railway. The staiths were taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947 and went out of use in 1960 having served the collieries and coke ovens at Chopwell, Garesfield, Clockburn Drift (Marley Hill) and the Derwenthaugh Coke Works which closed in 1985.
420470
563310
NZ420470563310
<< HER 1626 >> Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Dunston and Swalwell Plan Area
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 38