Coal Mining in North East England

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Durham Mining Museum
Durham Mining Museum. The website includes an extract taken from The History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Wearmouth collery
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A2 map featuring the collieries of North East England by Tangled Worm #mining #durham #northumberland #maps #gifts https://tangledworm.com/product/collieries-north-east-england/
An early 19th century illustration of the famous Hetton Colliery near Hetton-le-Hole http://englandsnortheast.co.uk/hetton-le-hole/
An early 19th century illustration of the famous Hetton Colliery near Hetton-le-Hole http://englandsnortheast.co.uk/hetton-le-hole/
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Survivors of the Stanley pit disaster
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North faces: John Bulmer's photographs of life in northern England
Durham (1965) Pit ponies at Waldridge colliery at the start of their shift. In 1965 the Sunday Times magazine wrote: ‘The Coal Board, sensitive to criticism from animal lovers, ensures that the ponies are well cared for ... Conditions are so improved that the Pit Pony Protection Society now has little to do but urge the Coal Board to give every pony a surface holiday once a year and hurry its mechanisation to free the ponies completely’
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The first trial of a Davy lamp with a wire sieve was at Hebburn Colliery on 9 January 1816.
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Glebe Colliery, County Durham | Art UK
Glebe Colliery, County Durham