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Beamish Colliery
Beamish
54.877210, -1.658222
Chophill Pit
Second Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1784
Unknown
Entry Created:
18 Oct 2021
Last Updated:
31 Oct 2024
Reclaimed
Condition:
Owners:
Sir. J. Eden (1780s - 1830s), John Murton Davidson (1830s - 1850s), James Joicey & Co (1850s - 1924), Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. (1924 - 1947), National Coal Board (1947 -)
Description (or HER record listing)
This is the site of a 19th century colliery. A winding engine dating to 1855 can still be seen in its original stone-built building.
NEHL - The Second Pit, also known as the Chophill Pit, was a working on the edge of the Annfield Plain branch between Pelton and Stanley. It utilised a small branch coming off the Beamish Waggonway which led over the Annfield Plain Branch into a small settlement next to Beamish Station. Adjacent were copious early 19th century shafts as well as pit rows, a village school, gas works,. a Wesleyan Chapel and the Shepherd & Shepherdess which still exists.
Throughout its life between 300-400 people worked at this time, with coal primarily mined here for gas. It had an output of around 700 tons per day.

Ordnance Survey, 1890s

Beamish Second Pit, undated. Source: Beamish Collections
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