Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Horden Colliery
Horden Colliery in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mel Towler — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Horden Colliery 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
Horden Colliery was a coal mine in Horden, near Peterlee in County Durham, in Northeast England.
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Background
History
It opened in 1900 and was closed on 28 February 1987. Initially owned by Horden Collieries Ltd, it was handed over to the National Coal Board in 1947 when the British coal industry was nationalised. On 9 May 1930, the colliery set a European record for the most coal mined by a single colliery in a day, with a total of 6,758 tonnes mined. This record stood for over thirty years. The colliery's peak employment numbers were reached in 1935 when 4,342 people were employed in the colliery.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7683, -1.3145
- Address
- County Durham, North East England
Sources
- wikidata: Q5902947 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Horden Colliery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Horden Colliery?
- Horden Colliery is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7683°, -1.3145°.
- Who owns Horden Colliery?
- Horden Colliery is owned by Durham Collieries Electric Supply Company.