2006
NZ3057 : Washington F Pit Museum
taken 19 years ago, near to Washington, Sunderland, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title Washington F Pit Museum in this square
Washington F Pit Museum
In the 18th/19th century, a series of coal pits were sunk in the area and lettered from A - J. F pit was sunk in 1777. By the 1960s F Pit employed 1500 men and was the UK's oldest working coalmine.
F Pit was closed in 1968. The pit head and winding house was preserved as a small museum (open summer weekends only). Today it is in a park and surrounded by trees; it is difficult to imagine the working pit with its 200 ft high slagheap!
More info: Link
(Archive Link )
Historical info: Link (Archive Link ) (halfway down the page)
F Pit was closed in 1968. The pit head and winding house was preserved as a small museum (open summer weekends only). Today it is in a park and surrounded by trees; it is difficult to imagine the working pit with its 200 ft high slagheap!
More info: Link
(Archive Link ) Historical info: Link
(Archive Link ) (halfway down the page)![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
- Grid Square
- NZ3057, 22 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Brian Abbott (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 19 May, 2006 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 19 May, 2006
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NZ 302 573 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:54.5703N 1:31.8296W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NZ 302 574
- View Direction
- South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
