Approach to No 1 roundabout from the east
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Approach to No 1 roundabout from the east
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 31 May 2020
View along Villa Real Road at Consett to the roundabout on Medomsley Road. The strange name comes from The No 1 Pit, established nearby in the 1840's by the Derwent Iron Company to mine both coal and iron ore. This was the forerunner of the Consett Iron Company of later times.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.861317
Longitude
-1.830163