Tyne and Wear HER(1189): Willington Colliery, Low Pit - Details
1189
N Tyneside
Willington Colliery, Low Pit
Willington
NZ36NW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
The 1st edition OS mapping shows boilers and a reservoir within the site. Willington Colliery was opened in 1806 by Messrs Bell & Co. The colliery contributed to the running costs of the Friar's Goose Engine in Gateshead which pumped water out of the workings on either side of the Tyne (see HER 1012).
3137
6713
NZ31376713
<< HER 1189 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; TH Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham