D3969
Broompark Colliery
Bearpark, Durham
54.768164,-1.613798
Opened:
Unknown
Closed:
1904
Reclaimed
Condition:
Last Updated:
21 Oct 2021
Owners:
North Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd. (1870s)
HER Info (unless otherwise noted)
This coal mine never began production of coal. It caught fire on the 8th August 1904 and many of the buildings were destroyed. Rather than rebuilding these remains the coal was mined from the nearby Littleburn Colliery. The site of the colliery is now occupied by the County Council's Broompark picnic site.

Ordnance Survey, 1898

Broompark Colliery, undated. Source: broompark.wordpress.com
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