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Backworth Colliery

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A general view of Backworth (Eccles) Colliery yard as seen looking north from the B1322
Backworth Colliery opened in 1818 and was closed in 1980.

Name:      Backworth Colliery
Opened:
   1818
Closed:
     Jun 1980
Pits:         A Pit, ( NZ303718 ), sinking: 1813, first coal: 10 Sep 1818   
                B Pit, ( NZ300724 ), opened: 1821,  closed: 1890s   
                Blue Bell Pit, ( NZ313713 ), closed: 1915 
                C Pit, ( NZ294734 ), sinking: 27 May 1856, closed: 1890s   
                D Pit,  ( NZ289725 ), sinking: 14 Mar 1864, closed: 1890s    
                E Pit, ( NZ294734 ), closed: 1890s   
                Algernon pit, ( NZ318703 ),closed 1966
                Eccles Pit, opened: Jul 1905, closed 1980
                Maude Pit, ( NZ303718 ), opened: Jun 1872,  closed: Dec 1960   
                Prosperous Pit, ( NZ296697 ), opened: 1906, closed: Dec 1960

Owners:       1830s - Humble, Lamb & Co. 
                    1840s - Backworth Colliery Co. 
                    1850s - Waldie & Co. 
                    1860s - Maud, Taylor & Co. 1880s - J. C. Lamb & Co. 
                    1890s - Owners of Backworth & West Cramlington Collieries 
                    1900s - Owners of Backworth Colliery 
                    1910s - Backworth Collieries Ltd. 
                    1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: Coal 
Max No of Workers:  2905 in 1950

For a full history use this link http://www.backworthcollieryband.org.uk/history/backworth_collieries.php

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Backworth colliery, 1976
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Eccles Pit

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1865 map shows Backworth Colliery A and B pits

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Backworth in 1898

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1920

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1951

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1965
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