Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Hartley Colliery Disaster
Hartley Colliery Disaster in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Hartley Colliery Disaster is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that occurred on 16 January 1862 and resulted in the deaths of 204 men and children. The beam of the pit's pumping engine broke and fell down the shaft, trapping the men below. The disaster prompted a change in British law that required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 55.0840, -1.5143
- Address
- New Hartley, Northumberland, England
Sources
- wikidata: Q5674884 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hartley Colliery disaster (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hartley Colliery Disaster?
- Hartley Colliery Disaster is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0840°, -1.5143°.