Dawdon Colliery...Select a picture to enlarge

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Looking north through the newly erected pit head gear to Edith St, the viaduct and Seaham in the distance. Around 1900

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Dawdon Colliery looking east, probably 1985.

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Sinking operations, Dawdon Colliery, c 1900. The houses of Watson Town are just visible to the right. In 1869, Watson Kipling and Co built a 16 acre Chemical wotks here and leased the idle Blast Furnaces. Operations ceased 1888. Watson Town (13 houses) was built 1869 / 70 to house their workers ( 300 at peak ) and later housed the sinkers of Dawdon Colliery before their demolition after 1906.

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Dawdon Colliery full and empty sidings, looking north to Dock in 1958

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Dawdon Colliery timber-yard and sidings in 1958