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Shildon Lodge Colliery
Shildon
54.625922, -1.650823
Furnace Pit
Opened:
Closed:
1864
19th c
Entry Created:
19 Aug 2022
Last Updated:
19 Aug 2022
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Robert Surtees (1830), Bolckow Vaughan (1850s), Shildon Lodge Colliery Co. Ltd. (1930s)
Description (or HER record listing)
"Shildon Lodge Colliery, worked by Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, & Co., is in the township [Shildon], where the "Brockwell" seam is met 5 feet 6 inches thick at a depth of 120 fathoms, yielding an output of 800 tons per day."
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham via Durham Mining Museum
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