Coanwood Colliery (Coanwood)
Disused colliery, opened in 1860 and closed in July 1931. Has disused coke areas. Connected via inclined plane tramway to Crystallwell Colliery (NY 65 NE 12). (1)
Coanwood Colliery with tramway/wagonway/railway connection to Haltwhistle-Alston Railway. (2a)
Marked as disused on 2nd edn mapping, with six old shafts and two inclined planes (disused). (2b)
Also connects to East Coanwood Colliery (disused), with a reservoir. (2c)
Coanwood was working by 1792 and may have been leased by the London Lead Co, to supply coal to
Whitfield Smelt Mill. (2d)
The mine was worked in 1860 by Messrs Wilson & Crawhall, working the 5 Quarter, Yard, Coomb Roof
and Slag seams. In 1865 East Coanwood was opened and the connecting tramway built. In 1898 the
shafts were closed, Messrs Walton & Co were still working the drifts in 1902. Working in 1910 under
the Burnhouse Coal Co. (2e)
Coanwood Colliery with tramway/wagonway/railway connection to Haltwhistle-Alston Railway. (2a)
Marked as disused on 2nd edn mapping, with six old shafts and two inclined planes (disused). (2b)
Also connects to East Coanwood Colliery (disused), with a reservoir. (2c)
Coanwood was working by 1792 and may have been leased by the London Lead Co, to supply coal to
Whitfield Smelt Mill. (2d)
The mine was worked in 1860 by Messrs Wilson & Crawhall, working the 5 Quarter, Yard, Coomb Roof
and Slag seams. In 1865 East Coanwood was opened and the connecting tramway built. In 1898 the
shafts were closed, Messrs Walton & Co were still working the drifts in 1902. Working in 1910 under
the Burnhouse Coal Co. (2e)
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FIELD SURVEY, RCHME: North Pennines Industrial Archaeology Project ; RCHME
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