South Shields, St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops

HER Number:
2236

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Staith

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
St.Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops were served by the Harton Colliery Railway (HER ref. 2449). Also known as Harton High Staiths, having been modernised in 1904. This staith loaded colliers by conveyor, the coal being tipped onto the conveyor from above and the far end being cantilevered over the collier. There are older wooden staith structures to either side of Harton High Staith [presumably part of the original St. Hilda's drops]. The one to the south is most interesting.

Easting:
3551

Northing:
6633

Grid Reference:
NZ35516633

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2236 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3 N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.18 Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area