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Garesfield Colliery
High Spen, Gateshead
54.933404,-1.765283
Number 4 Pit
Opened:
Closed:
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)
Garesfield Colliery, Number 4 Pit was probably working by 1801 and formed the western terminus of the Garesfield Wagonway until 1850. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
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