Northern Northumberland's Minor Rai..., Jermy, Roger C. 9780853617044 BRAND NEW
The second volume in this series examines the railways associated with the coal industry. For centuries, until the 1960s, the economy of Northumberland was dependent on coal. Much of the coal came from the south-east of the county. Other Northumberland pits were found in the Tyne Valley, and near Berwick and Alnwick, these last two districts being covered in this volume. Several collieries were worked on a commercial scale to the south and south-west of Berwick. Further south, small collieries were associated with the lime industry at Seahouses, Beadnell and in the area of Ancroft. Numerous collieries developed in the Alnwick area, near Shilbottle. Others were found close to Amble at Radcliffe, Broomhill and Hauxley. Finally several collieries were located in a line from Longframlington towards Elsdon including those at Healeycote, Forestburngate and Longwitton. Many of these collieries were sufficiently large to warrant the use of waggonways or railways, both underground or on the ss
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