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Marsden Quarry (Limestone)
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| Location: | Marsden 4 miles [7 km] N of Sunderland |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ405641, 54° 58' 11" N, 1° 22' 2" W |
| Maps: |  1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Harton Coal Co. Ltd. group and the railway links between them |
| 1947 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Owners: | ???? - Harton Coal Co. Ltd. |
| 1980s - Tilcon | |
| Output: | 1896 - Limestone. |
| 1897 - Limestone. | |
| 1905 - Limestone. | |
| 1922 - Limestone. | |
| 1984 - Limestone. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 144 (86 below, 58 surface) |
| 1897 - 153 (99 below, 54 surface) | |
| 1905 - 151 (100 below, 51 surface) | |
| 1922 - 24 (17 below, 7 surface) | |
| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Marsden Quarry (Limestone) |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Donkin, John, 24 Sep 1896, aged 50, Platelayer, Deceased and another man were tipping trucks on the end of the rubbish heap; Donkin, with the view of speaking to some person at the bottom of the heap, walked forward to the extreme edge of the tip, when the ground gave way, and he was precipitated amongst the hot rubbish [Inspection made & inquest attended] | |||||
| Lillico, Robert, 12 Mar 1903, (accident: 10 Mar 1903), aged 47, Quarryman, Deceased and another quarryman were engaged on a ledge in a quarry in the Magnesian Limestone working off clay from a fissure and filling it into wagons when a mass of the clay, weighing about a ton, relieved by an unobserved crack, fell from a few feet above upon him. | |||||
| Turnbull, John Robert, 15 Jan 1908, aged 22, Quarryman, knee injured by jumping off bogie | |||||
| 3 names found | ||||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Marsden Quarry (Limestone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Marsden Quarry (Limestone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Marsden Quarry (Limestone)
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