Gateshead, Redheugh Colliery

HER Number:
6189

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Redheugh Colliery

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Opened 1872 and closed 28 May 1927. Owners were John Fleming and John Milling, later Redheugh Colliery Ltd. In 1894 the annual output of coal was 120,000 tons. 420 people worked at the colliery. On 5 January 1929 there was an explosion. The flames apparently reached 70 feet above the winding shaft. The timber seals over the shaft were blown 60 yards away and the rope wheel from the fan shaft, 90 yards. Over 200 window panes of glass in nearby houses smashed.

Easting:
2446

Northing:
6264

Grid Reference:
NZ24466264

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Mines Inspectors Annual Report for 1929