Springwell Quarry
| Location: |
Springwell
3½ miles [6 km] SSE of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ284587, 54° 55' 20" N, 1° 33' 25" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1980s - Natural Stone Quarries Ltd. |
| Output: |
1984 - Sandstone. |
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!
| | |  | | | | Liddle, Thomas, 31 Jul 1934, aged 15, death caused by was caused by a loose pin on a crane jib |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Springwell Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- Contributions by members of the Public
- 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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