Tyne and Wear HER(4118): Elswick, Coal Shaft - Details
4118
Newcastle
Elswick, Coal Shaft
Elswick
NZ26SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
This Coal Shaft was sunk around 1805 and closed by 1859. An inclined plane (HER ref. 4906) linked the shaft with the riverside.
2403
6319
NZ24036319
<< HER 4118 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment