Blaydon Burn, Coal shaft and windlass

HER Number:
1659

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Coal shaft and windlass

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine Drainage and Ventilation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Mine Shaft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
On the first edition Ordnance Survey plan (c.1855) a coal shaft is marked in the area now associated with the entrance to the tar tunnel (HER ref. 1656). It was disused by 1896. It was possibly a secondary shaft for the Betsy Pit (HER ref. 3560) or may have been a separate small venture. The windlass and the lack of buildings suggest the former.

Easting:
1721

Northing:
6300

Grid Reference:
NZ17216300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1659 >> Blaydon Burn, Industrial Background