Tyne and Wear HER(6931): Chopwell Colliery, Conclusion Pit - Details
6931
Gateshead
Chopwell Colliery, Conclusion Pit
Chopwell
NZ15NW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Post Medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
Opened in 1799. Chopwell Colliery opened in 1781, closed November 1966. Owned by Marquis of Bute, taken over in 1890 by Consett Iron Company Ltd until the National Coal Board took it over in 1947.
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Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, banners of the Durham Coalfield; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham; D. Temple, 1997, The Colleries of Durham Vol 2