Waggonway to Chance Pit
Waggonway to Chance Pit
HER Number
15427
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Waggonway to Chance Pit
Place
North Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
A waggonway to Chance Pit running north from the waggonway to Collingwood Main Pit. It can be seen as a proposal on Watson 21/13. It was almost certainly constructed, but is not shown on Bell 1847.
Easting
434380
Northing
568050
Grid Reference
NZ434380568050
Sources
Alan Williams Archaeology, July 2012, Waggonways North of the River Tyne - Tyne and Wear HER Enhancement Project; Bell 1847-1851: Maps of the Great Northern Coalfield, Northumberland; North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineering: All Watson Papers prefixed NRO/3410/
Watson 21/13: Estate plan of Chirton, property of Michael Robson and the executors of Mr Crawford showing sites of proposed new pits and waggonways. Not dated
Watson 21/13: Estate plan of Chirton, property of Michael Robson and the executors of Mr Crawford showing sites of proposed new pits and waggonways. Not dated