Washington, Washington Colliery, C Pit

HER Number

2612

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington, Washington Colliery, C Pit

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

C Pit (Air Shaft), with a windlass is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but it is not clear to which mine this shaft belonged. It was probably Washington.

Easting

429520

Northing

557250

Grid Reference

NZ429520557250

Sources

<< HER 2612 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7