Ruin of Haswell pumping engine building
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Ruin of Haswell pumping engine building
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 9 Apr 2018
The ruined building with immensely thick walls was built to house a steam engine which drove pumping equipment that drained Haswell Colliery lying to the east of the village, Haswell Plough. The colliery was closed in the 1890's, the last working shift at Haswell was on the 25th September 1896. [Source: Newcastle Daily Chronicle Saturday 26th September 1896]: thanks to Philip Soakell for the added detail. The sculpture commemorates the pit disaster of 1844 when 95 men and boys were killed. There seems to have been some re-working of the carved faces on the front of the monument - they appear to be much more 'clean-cut' than others.
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Image Location
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54.773783
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-1.420452