Redheugh Colliery

HER Number

6189

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Redheugh Colliery

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Opened 1872 and closed 28 May 1927. Owners were John Fleming and John Milling, later Redheugh Colliery Ltd. In 1894 the annual output of coal was 120,000 tons. 420 people worked at the colliery. On 5 January 1929 there was an explosion. The flames apparently reached 70 feet above the winding shaft. The timber seals over the shaft were blown 60 yards away and the rope wheel from the fan shaft, 90 yards. Over 200 window panes of glass in nearby houses smashed.

Easting

424460

Northing

562640

Grid Reference

NZ424460562640

Sources

2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Mines Inspectors Annual Report for 1929