Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery

Tyne and Wear HER(3532): Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery - Details

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HER Number:
3532

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Tyne Main Colliery was served by two Wagonways (HER refs. 3522 & 3533). This was a Grand Allies/Ellison venture, sunk in 1798.

Easting:
2678

Northing:
6274

Grid Reference:
NZ26786274

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3532 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3 Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 156

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