Monkwearmouth Colliery

Coordinates: 54°54′52″N 1°23′18″W / 54.91444°N 1.38833°W / 54.91444; -1.38833

Miners in the cage ready for their descent, Wearmouth Colliery, 1993.

Monkwearmouth Colliery (or Wearmouth Colliery) was a major North Sea coal mine located on the north bank of the River Wear,located in Sunderland. It was the largest mine in Sunderland and one of the most important in County Durham in northeast England. First opened in 1835 and in spite of the many accidents at the pit, the mine was the last to remain operating in the County Durham Coalfield. The last shift left the pit on December 10, 1993, ending over 800 years of commercial coal mining in the region.^[1] The Colliery site was cleared soon afterwards, and the Stadium of Light, the stadium of Sunderland A.F.C., was built over it, opening in July 1997 to replace nearby Roker Park.

References

1. ^ "Wearmouth Colliery". Durham Mining Museum. http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/w001.htm. Retrieved 7 July 2011. 

External links

• North East Coal History Websource.
• Wearmouth Colliery, photo set at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

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