Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift
Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift
HER Number
1644
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Blaydon Burn Colliery, Victoria Drift
Place
Blaydon Burn
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site
Site Type: Specific
Adit
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Part of Blaydon Burn Colliery (HER 3560), which opened in the 1850s and closed in 1956. The entrance to this old level is still visible and there are colliery buildings along the public footpath.
Easting
416870
Northing
562290
Grid Reference
NZ416870562290
Sources
<< HER 1644 >> 1975, Blaydon Burn, Industrial Archaeology -Historic Environment; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk