Garesfield Colliery Number 2 Pit

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Garesfield Colliery

Thornley, Gateshead

54.934654,-1.751218

Number 2 Pit

Opened:

Closed:

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/g001.htm

Entry Created:

3 Sept 2021

Last Updated:

3 Sept 2021

Reclaimed

Condition:

Owners:

Marquis of Bute (1860s), Consett Iron Co. Ltd. (1890s), National Coal Board (1947-)

Description (or HER record listing)

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Garesfield Colliery, Number 2 Pit. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.

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