Ravensworth Park Drift

HER Number:
6993

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth Park Drift

Place:
Lamesley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine

Site Type: Specific:
Drift Mine

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Colleries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947. Now built over by Teams Valley Industrial Estate.

Easting:
2427

Northing:
5882

Grid Reference:
NZ24275882

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk