New Drive, Seaham
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New Drive, Seaham
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 9 Oct 2009
Provided access from Seaham Hall to the railway station. The land beyond the fence on the left was originally site of the Vane Tempest Colliery developed by the Londonderry Colliery Company between 1923 and 1928. The mine stretched out underneath the North Sea. The pit was closed in 1992 and demolished in 1994 http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=D3841
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Image Location
Latitude
54.842791
Longitude
-1.347678