Acorn Bank Opencast
| Location: |
Bedlington
10½ miles [17 km] N of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 81) NZ260805, 55° 7' 5" N, 1° 35' 32" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1950s - Costain Mining Ltd. |
| Output: |
1957 - Coal. (Estimated Resources: 5,109,300 tons) |
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1961 - Coal. (Estimated Resources: 5,109,300 tons) |
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1965 - Coal. |
| Seams Worked: |
1961 - High Main, Top & Bottom Grey |
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1965 - High Main, Top & Bottom Grey |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | |  | | | | Foulkes, Harold, 22 Jan 1962, aged 34, Shot firer, buried under thousands of tons of rock and rubble ; residence: Arcot Avenue, Nelson Village, nr. Cramlington ; left a wife and three children |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Acorn Bank Opencast
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Acorn Bank Opencast
Gallery Images:
Credits
Sources:
- 1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
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| | Information on Opencast Coal Mining |
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