Retaining wall and remains of Coal Drops, Blaydon Burn
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Retaining wall and remains of Coal Drops, Blaydon Burn
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 19 Feb 2012
Coal from the Bessie (or Betsey) Drift Mine Image situated directly to the east, on the valley side, was carried on an elevated platform across the valley to the drops where it was loaded into waggons for transport to the Blaydon Tyne staithes. The doorway on the left has a set of steps which provided access to the upper platform. The Betsie Pit was part of Joseph Cowen's Blaydon Burn Colliery in operation in the mid C19th. Around 1900 it was taken over by Priestman Collieries and finally closed in the 1950s by the National Coal Board. http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=+GL002203
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Image Location
Latitude
54.957123
Longitude
-1.735597