Addison, Railway Tunnel

HER Number:
5032

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Addison, Railway Tunnel

Place:
Addison

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tunnel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Mineral lines from Crawcrook and Greenside ran to Stargate Pit (HER 3319) where the coal was transferred on to wagons that ran down an incline (HER 5038), through a tunnel under the road in the grounds of the coal company offices (HER 5036) to Addison Colliery. A second tunnel was eventually built because the first was too small for the 17 ton trucks that replaced the older 10 ton trucks on the incline. The coal was then taken by rail to markets all over the country.

Easting:
1675

Northing:
6418

Grid Reference:
NZ16756418

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5032 >> N. Smith 1991 Addison - The rise and fall of a pit village 1964-1963