Description: Wonderful antique blueprints for the proposed alteration to Coke Bench and Addition of Coke Handling Plant for the Marley Hill Chemical Co. Tag on reverse indicates the prints are from the Grange Iron Co. Ltd Durham. Dated 30 March 1921. Wonderful nice large fold out that measures approx. 27" x 39" - P&J Main lines depicted in lower section of plan. It is very fragile and almost split in two, but it is complete, and would look wonderful in a frame. Any questions just ask. Will ship with extra care. ---- Courtesy Bowes Railway: Renamed Bowes Railway Co, it was formerly known as the Pontop and Jarrow Company and previous to that the Springwell Colliery Railway. The colliery and railway were first proposed by Lord Ravensworth and Partners, a group of local coal owners known as the Grand Allies. One of whom was John Bowes' great grandfather George Bowes. They began sinking Springwell colliery on May 8th 1821. Two miles west, they owned the older Mount Moor colliery, which had been transporting coal for over one hundred years by a horse-drawn wooden railway to the River Wear at Washington. Here, only small boats could be used and then the coal had to be taken to much larger ships along the river to Sunderland. It was decided that it would be much more efficient to link Mount Moor with Springwell and straight down to the River Tyne at Jarrow staithes. Originally an 11 1/2 mile railway was proposed by John Buddle, including six rope-worked inclines. However, they later handed the project to colliery engine wright George Stephenson who designed the present railway from Mount Moor pit (Black Fell) to Jarrow via Springwell using three incline planes and a locomotive worked section. Construction of this unique, rope-worked incline system was overseen by his younger brother Robert Stephenson. The line opened on 17th January 1826 using the inclines and horses until the new steam locomotives were delivered in April 1826. The railway was extended to Kibblesworth in 1842, Marley Hill in 1853, and Dipton in 1855, increasing the length of the line to 15 miles. The line continued to operate in the same methods using six inclines, (two gravity worked and four powered inclines) and two locomotive worked sections at either end of the railway. Springwell colliery closed in 1932, from which time the focus was solely on transporting coal from other local collieries. The Springwell colliery buildings were converted into railway workshops after this date. --- Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. Prior to this it was part of Whickham Urban District. It lies within the Whickham South & Sunniside electoral ward of the Blaydon parliamentary constituency. At the start of the Twentieth Century there was a thriving industrial community in Marley Hill, with two collieries and a coke works with chemical works.
Price: 90.99 USD
Location: Saint Augustine, Florida
End Time: 2024-09-05T19:15:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6 USD
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Year: 1921
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
