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Whickham Colliery
Whickham, Gateshead
54.945684,-1.685329
Whickhambanks Colliery
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Closed:
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
6 Sept 2021
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
James Snowball (1860s), James Snowball & Sons (1880s), Hannington & Co. (1890s -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Whickhambanks Colliery. Owned by James Snowball, later Hannington & Co. Output was fireclay and household coal. In the 1890s it was absorbed into Axwell Park Colliery (HER 5986).
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