Read more . It was the Beamish pit village version of a wake up call. Your support means so much to us during this difficult time and any donations are gratefully received. 1937, 24 Dec - Tilley seam abandoned. Mahogany Drift Mine was opened on this site in about 1855 and later closed before coming back into use in 1921 to take coal from Beamish Park Drift to Beamish Chophill Colliery.

The Beamish Colliery includes the Mahogany Drift coal mine, which originally opened in 1855. 1950 - Hutton seam abandoned …

Experience life in The 1900s Pit Village, showing a colliery community at the time of peak coal production in the North East. Take a trip down our drift mine and experience the reality of life underground for yourself. Miners would write the time they wanted to be waken up on the slate outside their house. Miners faced dark, wet and often cramped working conditions. 1908 - Five Quarter seam abandoned . Francis Street. In a few places, we saw carts full of coal outside the cottages. Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Beamish Colliery: Notes: 1903 - Burn Drift - Main Coal (Wear) seam abandoned - coal exhausted. 1932, 26 Sep - Shield Row seam abandoned. Read more . Be Amazed, Be Inspired! Beamish Mary was situated further west from The 2nd Pit along the former Wagon Way heading toward Tanfield closed in the 1960s and the site has since been landscaped, though a vague outline remains, This mine was heavily updated by the NCB (along with nearby Handonhold Colliery) and one of the 1st in the North East to feature Skip winding, however somehow it still closed. 1911 - Five Quarter seam abandoned.

Beamish is a charity. Beamish from Home With the museum temporarily closed due to coronavirus, discover Beamish from home. A “knocker up” employed by the mining company made sure that the miners were awakened at their requested times. The Francis Street cottages came to Beamish from Hetton-le-Hole, on Wearside, and were originally built in the early 1860s by Hetton Coal Company. 1938, 18 May - Low Main, Shield Row seams abandoned. Entrance to Mahogany Drift Mine A drift coal mine is one that does not go straight down deep into the earth but rather runs underground at a slight angle and does not go very deep. Not so.