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Seaton Delaval Colliery railway shed and workshops


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Hello,

Can anyone out there confirm where these were exactly?  I'm assuming from a look at contemporary maps they were located in a qudrangle of buildings to the south east of the colliery on the other side of the mineral line which used to run up to New Hartley and Gloria pits.

Another question  - when S.D. colliery closed in 1960 I am assuming (again) that the workshops continued to operate for some years afterwards until at least the endof steam in the area.

Many thanks,

Nick.

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15 hours ago, nicktamarensis said:

Hello,

Can anyone out there confirm where these were exactly?  I'm assuming from a look at contemporary maps they were located in a quadrangle of buildings to the south east of the colliery on the other side of the mineral line which used to run up to New Hartley and Gloria pits.

 

 

Comparing the map linked by Ian Smeeton with a photie in the Booklaw Industrial Locomotives and Installations 1: North East England, the short answer is yes, or to be more precise they appear to have occupied the south west corner of the quadrangle with the doors facing south-west. Look closely at the map and you'll also see a stub line running part way along the the north west face parallel with the line to New Hartley and Gloria. According to the photie this seems to have run along the full depth of the shed as far as a projecting building at right angles. The photie [dated 4 September 1953] also shows the legs of a loco lifting frame stradling this stub. 

 

 

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Thanks Ian and Trev. 

I should have remembered Ashington was around until 1988.

Thanks too for the link - that's a useful little tool for 'then and now'.

Still not sure about the exact location though of the workshops though.  On Old Maps what seem to be them isn't confirmed by a clear language description.

Nick.

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As an ongoing item to this topic, did the workshop facility at Ashington continue for some while after the closure of the colliery?

If so, did it continue to function as an MPD and workshop support to the remaining collieries until their closure?

If not, presumably the facility (if it existed as late as this) was transferred again until the closure of the last colliery  at Ellington in 2005.

Thanks in anticipation.

Nick. 

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11 minutes ago, nicktamarensis said:

As an ongoing item to this topic, did the workshop facility at Ashington continue for some while after the closure of the colliery?

If so, did it continue to function as an MPD and workshop support to the remaining collieries until their closure?

If not, presumably the facility (if it existed as late as this) was transferred again until the closure of the last colliery  at Ellington in 2005.

Thanks in anticipation.

Nick. 

 

The Workshops at Ashington stayed open after the colliery and associated railway closed, there was a handful of iu hoppers retained for supplying the boiler plant there and used as a mobile stockpile after delivery by road. These are now at Tanfield!

 

Mark Saunders 

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