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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

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