Watergate Colliery

HER Number

7000

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Watergate Colliery

Place

Washingwells

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Collieries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over.

Easting

422230

Northing

559910

Grid Reference

NZ422230559910

Sources

Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Streetgate, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/streetgate.html