The 1st edition OS mapping shows "Firebrick & Bone Manure Manufactories", by the Tyne at this point

The 1st edition OS mapping shows "Firebrick & Bone Manure Manufactories", by the Tyne at this point. It has been attempted to record them separately but it is not entirely clear whether they were two distinct sites or two processes on the one site. 1800-1890
George Heppel began making firebricks at Derwenthaugh in 1789. His grandson, George Heppel Ramsay, took over the running of the brickworks in 1810. The works stood just to the east of Garesfield colliery staith and in 1828, as well as firebricks and pantiles being made here, Mr Ramsay had a malting, a bone manure manufactory, and made flint and colours for potteries (see SMR3462). Fireclay was obtained from Blaydon Main colliery. In 1880, a year after George H Ramsay died, the brickworks and adjacent site were sold to Consett Iron Company, who made bricks here until 1890 and were marked GARESFIELD.
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 133 site 25, 137

Garesfield Staith, was the northern terminus of the Garesfield Wagonway, (SMR 3465).

Blaydon Main Staith, was probably the northern terminus of the Blaydon Wagonway, (SMR 3459). Its location is unclear on the 1st edition OS mapping but it probably lay within a 100m radius of the grid reference.

Blaydon Main Colliery, also known as Shibdon Colliery, was in production in the early 18th century. It was run by Alderman White, both Blackett baronets and their agent John Wilkinson. The colliery lay close to the Tyne in boggy, waterlogged ground. These conditions made a waggonway viable even for its small output and, in 1749, the north-east corner of Strother Field was leased for a waggonway. Blaydon Main closed in October 1798, but still appeared on Casson’s map of 1801. It served pits in Blaydon Main Colliery and ran to the staith at Derwenthaugh. The colliery reopened in 1853, with two pits called Hazard and Speculation, and the waggonway was re-laid with iron rails. A third pit, the Mary, was joined by an inclined plane; this was the first to close and the Townley Estate built over the incline. Blaydon Main Colliery finally closed in 1921.

The branch of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, from the original line (SMR 3292) over the Tyne and into Newcastle. The railway crossed the Tyne at Scotswood (HER 1009). This line was laid as far as the Elswick Shot Tower in 1893, to Forth Banks in 1847 and into the Central Station on 1st Jan 1851. In 1862 the line became part of the North Eastern Railway {1}. Surviving features associated with the line were recorded in 2008.

Blaydon Main Colliery. A Wagonway, (SMR 3459), connected this site to Wagonway SMR 3442. Also known as Shibdon Colliery it opened in the early 18th century, worked by Alderman White, the Blacketts and their Agent, and subsequently leased to the Simpsons. It closed in 1798, but reopened in 1828, when the Hazard and Speculation Pits (HER 6022) were sunk. Owned by GH Ramsay, then Ramsay & Co, George H Ramsay and Son, Stella Coal Company and finally Priestman Colliery Ltd. Whellan's directory says that 400 men and boys were employed here. Coke Ovens for the Colliery were at Derwenthaugh. The pits - Content Pit (HER 3561), Garden Pit, Harard Pit, Milner Pit (HER 1661) and Speculation Pit. It finally closed in 1921.

An engine, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so out of use by 1856. Shown on a plan of 1779 at the top of the incline to Selby's Pit (HER 13590).

The Garden Pit, marked as an Air Shaft on the 1st edition OS mapping and possibly part of Blaydon Main Colliery (Low Shibdon), (SMR 3457). It may have started out as a Pit but by 1856 was in use ventilating the main workings.

A battery of Coke ovens.