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West Hunwick Colliery
Hunwick
54.692024, -1.700072
Opened:
Closed:
Unknown
1930s
Entry Created:
14 Jul 2022
Last Updated:
14 Jul 2022
Redeveloped
Condition:
Owners:
Lackenby Iron Co. (1870s), Joseph Torbock & Co. (1890s), West Witton Ganister Firebrick Co. (1910s), West Hunwick Silica & Firebrick Co. Ltd. (1920s)
Description (or HER record listing)
NEHL - A relatively small colliery West Hunwick stood to the south of Rough Lea Colliery and just ovver the Wear from Newfield Colliery. It hosted two shafts on its north west, and featured a line of coal ovens and a brick workers as it was owned by various brick manufacturers during its lifetime. It was connected by a small spur to the Durham to Bishop Auckland Railway.
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Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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