Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery
Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery
HER Number
3532
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Tyne Main Colliery
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Tyne Main Colliery was served by two Wagonways (HER refs. 3522 & 3533). This was a Grand Allies/Ellison venture, sunk in 1798.
Easting
426780
Northing
562740
Grid Reference
NZ426780562740
Sources
<< HER 3532 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 156
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 156