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The lower Ouseburn was the cradle of the Industrial Revolution in Newcastle. [1] There was a cluster of heavy crafts and industries in the area. Coal was brought from the Town Moor along the Victoria Tunnel, where the tidal nature of the Ouseburn allowed wherries – the local barges – to be loaded at low tide and pulled out to the collier brigs and snows waiting in the Tyne.
The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne. It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues , to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export.
The Ouseburn is a small river in Newcastle upon Tyne, England that flows through the city into the River Tyne. It gives its name to the Ouseburn Valley and the Ouseburn electoral ward for Newcastle City Council elections. The Ouseburn has its source at Callerton in the north of the city near Newcastle Airport.
York Ouse Bridge. This is a list of current bridges and other crossings of the River Ouse in Yorkshire, and are listed from Ouse Gill Beck downstream to the river's mouth. The River Ouse is listed on mapping as starting where the Ouse Gill Beck enters the River Ure, just south of the village of Great Ouseburn 1]
Jesmond Dene, a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small river known as the Ouseburn, flowing south to join the River Tyne. In north-east England, such valleys are commonly known as denes; the name 'Jesmond' meaning 'mouth of the Ouseburn'. [1]
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Ouseburn Viaduct carries the East Coast Main Line over the Ouseburn Valley through the East End of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Designed by architects John and Benjamin Green, it was originally built in the late 1830s for the Newcastle and North Shields Railway. [1] It is a Grade II* listed building. [2]
The complex in Martin County where a coal tipple collapsed Tuesday night during disassembly, killing at least one construction worker, was an underground coal mine and preparation plant operated ...