IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Philadelphia Complex, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4UG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Philadelphia Complex, DH4 4UG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (17 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
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No 29 ready for duty at Philadelphia NCB shed
Seen at the now demolished NCB sheds, this locomotive was later rescued for preservation and now operates on the North York Moors Railway.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
2
Coal train at Philadelphia.
A heavy load of Durham coal is hauled slowly past Philadelphia NCB loco sheds.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
3
Railway path near Washington
This path follows the route of a colliery railway. Compare this image with another Geograph Image which looks as though it was taken at about the same site more than 40 years earlier.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.07 miles
4
Railway path near Washington
The path follows the route of a colliery railway. The railway closed long ago, but the buildings alongside the path are former railway sheds.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.07 miles
5
Memorial plaque, Philadelphia
Close-up of the memorial plaque which can be seen here Image in its wider context. It seems to have been treated with some disrespect . . .
Image: © Antony Dixon
Taken: 11 Oct 2011
0.10 miles
6
Railway path, Philadelphia near Washington
This path follows the route of a railway. The railway had served a nearby colliery.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.11 miles
7
Pit marker stone, Philadelphia near Washington
Coal mining was undertaken at a number of places in County Durham. This stone marks the site of the Dorothea Pit, at Philadelphia, which opened in 1816. It closed in 1956.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.12 miles
8
Lambton Hetton and Joicey collieries railway at Philadelphia, 1967
This was one of the most extensive colliery railway networks inherited by the National Coal Board, with a main line running for several miles to connect a number of collieries to staithes along the River Wear.
The locomotives used for main line work were large 0-6-2 tank engines, larger than the general run of colliery locomotives and very similar to engines used on many of the public railways in South Wales. Locomotive 31 built by Kitson of Leeds in 1907 is heading up from Sunderland with a rake of empty wagons. The other locomotive, no.5, was built by Robert Stephenson of Newcastle in 1909. This locomotive survives in preservation (in 2020 at the North Yorks Moors Railway).
The location is Lambton Works which was the headquarters of the railway. In the background is the remaining headgear of the former Dorothea Pit, but this time serving only as an emergency shaft.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 18 Apr 1967
0.12 miles
9
Former railway sheds, Philadelphia near Washington
These sheds were built for a colliery railway. The railway, and the colliery it served, closed long ago but the sheds survive. They are now occupied by industrial businesses.
For a Geograph of the sheds when the railway was in operation, have a look at Image
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 29 Aug 2011
0.15 miles
10
New Herrington Industrial Estate
This occupies a site beside the B1286 where the original terraced streets of the village were built in the mid 19th century.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 15 Aug 2023
0.16 miles