Eppleton Quarry
| Location: |
Eppleton
6 miles [10 km] SSW of Sunderland
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ357483, 54° 49' 41" N, 1° 26' 39" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1920s - Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd. |
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1980s - J. T. Bains |
| Output: |
1896 - Limestone. |
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1897 - Limestone, Sand. |
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1905 - Limestone and sand. |
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1922 - Limestone, Sand. |
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1984 - Limestone. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 5 |
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1897 - 4 |
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1905 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface) |
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1922 - 8 |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Eppleton Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- Headstone(s) in Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery
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