Washington, Washington Colliery, C Pit

HER Number:
2612

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Washington Colliery, C Pit

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
C Pit (Air Shaft), with a windlass is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but it is not clear to which mine this shaft belonged. It was probably Washington.

Easting:
2952

Northing:
5725

Grid Reference:
NZ29525725

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2612 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7