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Metal Bridge Drift
| Location: |
nr. Ferryhill
5 miles [8 km] SSE of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ290350, 54° 42' 33" N, 1° 32' 59" W |
| Opened: |
1954 |
| Closed: |
Jul 1978 |
| Owners: |
1954 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) |
| Output: |
1954 - Coal: Coking, Household. |
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1965 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. |
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1970 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. |
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1975 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. |
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1976 - Coal: Steam. |
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1977 - Coal: Steam. |
| Employment: |
| Year | Pit | Total |  | Below | Above |
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| 1960 | | 235 |   | 208 | 27 |
| 1965 | | 135 | | 123 | 12 |
| 1970 | | 207 | | 195 | 12 |
| 1975 | | 328 | | 307 | 21 |
| 1976 | | 339 | | 319 | 20 |
| 1977 | | 344 | | 322 | 22 |
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 NCB Employment Figures
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| Seams Worked: |
1954 - Low Main |
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1960 - Low Main |
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1965 - Low Main |
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1970 - Low Main |
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1975 - Low Main |
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1976 - Low Main |
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1977 - Low Main |
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!
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
contact us
with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with  ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Metal Bridge Drift
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Metal Bridge Drift
Gallery Images:
Credits
Sources:
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1975 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1976 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1977 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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