St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops
St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops
HER Number
2236
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Staith
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
St.Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops were served by the Harton Colliery Railway (HER ref. 2449). Also known as Harton High Staiths, having been modernised in 1904. This staith loaded colliers by conveyor, the coal being tipped onto the conveyor from above and the far end being cantilevered over the collier. There are older wooden staith structures to either side of Harton High Staith [presumably part of the original St. Hilda's drops]. The one to the south is most interesting.
Easting
435510
Northing
566330
Grid Reference
NZ435510566330
Sources
<< HER 2236 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.18
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.18
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area