Barlow, Garesfield Colliery, Number 2 Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3360): Barlow, Garesfield Colliery, Number 2 Pit - Details

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HER Number:
3360

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Barlow, Garesfield Colliery, Number 2 Pit

Place:
Barlow

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Garesfield Colliery, Number 2 Pit. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting:
1604

Northing:
6003

Grid Reference:
NZ16046003

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3360 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Colleries"

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