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spitfire
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14 years ago

I found these going through family papers, I couldn't find it in the data base
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simonrail
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14 years ago

There is a Greenhead east of Carlisle at NY 660653 and it was a coal mining area. The village itself is very small but contains what is claimed to be the oldest locomotive shed in the world (1834?).

Yes, I'll have it - what is it?

spitfire
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14 years ago

"simonrail" wrote:
There is a Greenhead east of Carlisle at NY 660653 and it was a coal mining area. The village itself is very small but contains what is claimed to be the oldest locomotive shed in the world (1834?).

Thanks for that

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jagman
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14 years ago

Greenhead is About 4 miles west of Haltwhistle, just along the road from Blenkinsop Colliery that closed a few years ago.
However, Durham Mining Museum list Greenhead Colliery as being at Harperly in Country Durham-

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/g037.htm

Buckhill
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14 years ago

There was also a Greenhead (also known as Branchal) colliery at Wishaw, Lanarks. (opened 1924, closed 1959) which had both shaft and mine (drift) outlets (about 6 yds apart). The top of your two drawings has on the left hand side "engine dook". Dook being typically Scottish terminology could this be the one?

spitfire
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14 years ago

"Buckhill" wrote:
There was also a Greenhead (also known as Branchal) colliery at Wishaw, Lanarks. (opened 1924, closed 1959) which had both shaft and mine (drift) outlets (about 6 yds apart). The top of your two drawings has on the left hand side "engine dook". Dook being typically Scottish terminology could this be the one?

Thanks for that. There seems to be a Scotish connection as other drawings of workers cottages are marked Aryshire, and are drawn by: Gilmour, Wood and Anderson

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