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The Great Northern Coalfield: Mining Collections at Beamish Museum
The Great Northern Coalfield Mining Collections at Beamish Museum
Author: Aidan Doyle
This account is about the closing of Ellington Colliery as a result of flooding of a working coal face from adjacent abandoned workings, and the risks involved in extracting alternative reserves. It was the last major mine in the once globally important Great Northern Coalfield, which, for over 1,000 years, provided fuel and employment and conso...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781904794110
ISBN-10: 1904794114
Publication Date: 5/1/2005
Pages: 104
Edition: first
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Publisher: Northumbria University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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