The site of Beadnell Colliery
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The site of Beadnell Colliery
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 25 Dec 2016
The concrete pad is a cap to the colliery shaft. This was already shown as disused by the middle of the 19th century. The water top right is the flooded limestone quarry which furnished the kilns at Beadnell Harbour.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.554684
Longitude
-1.633006