2019

NZ1158 : Chopwell Colliery Wheel

taken 6 years ago, near to Chopwell, Gateshead, England

Chopwell Colliery Wheel
Chopwell Colliery Wheel
Like many of the former coalmining villages in the North-East, a winding wheel commemorates the local colliery. The stone to the left dates the colliery from 1896, but on the wheel itself is a plaque listing about 70 known fatalities from 1782 (presumably including those from an older colliery on the same site). Mining ceased in 1966.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Quarrying, Mining Primary Subject: Memorial
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Colliery from 1896 [3] ·
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NZ1158, 35 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Oliver Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 March, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 22 March, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 1179 5824 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:55.1233N 1:49.0558W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 11771 58233
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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