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Watergate Colliery
Lobley Hill, Gateshead
54.933340,-1.654664
Opened:
Closed:
Entry Created:
3 Sept 2021
Last Updated:
14 Oct 2021
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Priestman Collieries (1924 - 1947), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Colleries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over.
Watergate Colliery, undated, Source: Sunniside History Society
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