2010

NZ1766 : Blucher Methodist Church, Blucher Colliery Road

taken 14 years ago, near to Newburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Blucher Methodist Church, Blucher Colliery Road
Blucher Methodist Church, Blucher Colliery Road
The Blucher and Duke Pits, part of Walbottle Colliery, were either renamed or sunk in 1815, celebrating two victorious generals of Waterloo, Wellington and Blücher. Gebhard Leberecht von (1742-1819) was a Prussian field marshal LinkExternal link

Blucher pit was reopened in 1938 and finally closed in 1956.

The village of Blucher grew around the pit.

Blücher was also the name of an unsuccessful early railway locomotive built in 1814 by George Stephenson NZ1766 : Blucher Methodist Church, Blucher Colliery Road (detail) for Killingworth Colliery LinkExternal link

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Category: Church
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Fields [4] · Blucher Methodist Church [3] Other Photos: · Blucher Methodist Church, Blucher Colliery Road (detail) ·
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NZ1766, 59 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 30 July, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 31 July, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 1765 6627 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:59.4425N 1:43.5412W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 1768 6628
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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