Well not much of a report but I thought I would share these with you's. I found these remains of the colliery workings whilst pillbox hunting the other day. The stretch of coastline from Seaham to Crimdon Dene used to be used to tip colliery spoil into the sea from the numerous collieries along there. The area has been used in several films over the years Alien 3, Billy Elliot and one of my favs Get Carter although this was slightly further North at Dawdon
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWfrpqGDJig[/ame]
there is also this video of the area from the Turning the Tide project
http://www.durhamheritagecoast.org/...am+Heritage+Coast+-+Videos+-+Turning+The+Tide
this part of the beach had a simple conveyor system to dump the spoil into the sea as you can see in this photo
What I found (and this is after the £10million clean up of the area)
The remains of the conveyor
the place was littered with large lumps of concrete
and I found these 2 strange structures. The first looks to be some sort of storage/wash tank I hope someone out there can let me know what it is
and the last is god only knows what
and finally I'm lead to believe this is the boiler from the shipwreck the "Rainbow" (middle of the picture in the sea)
Like I said not much of a report but I thought I would share it with you's and hope someone may be able to shed some light on the concrete and brickwork for me
thanks for looking
Jon
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWfrpqGDJig[/ame]
there is also this video of the area from the Turning the Tide project
http://www.durhamheritagecoast.org/...am+Heritage+Coast+-+Videos+-+Turning+The+Tide
this part of the beach had a simple conveyor system to dump the spoil into the sea as you can see in this photo
![Easington_25981.jpg Easington_25981.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121037-Easington-25981.jpg)
![oal_waste_in_North_Sea_from_Easington_Colliery-SPL.jpg oal_waste_in_North_Sea_from_Easington_Colliery-SPL.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121038-oal-waste-in-North-Sea-from-Easington-Colliery-SPL.jpg)
What I found (and this is after the £10million clean up of the area)
The remains of the conveyor
![DSCF6796.jpg DSCF6796.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121039-DSCF6796.jpg)
![DSCF6797.jpg DSCF6797.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121040-DSCF6797.jpg)
![DSCF6798.jpg DSCF6798.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121041-DSCF6798.jpg)
![DSCF6799.jpg DSCF6799.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121042-DSCF6799.jpg)
![DSCF6800.jpg DSCF6800.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121043-DSCF6800.jpg)
the place was littered with large lumps of concrete
![DSCF6802.jpg DSCF6802.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121044-DSCF6802.jpg)
and I found these 2 strange structures. The first looks to be some sort of storage/wash tank I hope someone out there can let me know what it is
![DSCF6782.jpg DSCF6782.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121045-DSCF6782.jpg)
![DSCF6783.jpg DSCF6783.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121046-DSCF6783.jpg)
![DSCF6785.jpg DSCF6785.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121047-DSCF6785.jpg)
![DSCF6787.jpg DSCF6787.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121048-DSCF6787.jpg)
and the last is god only knows what
![DSCF6791.jpg DSCF6791.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121049-DSCF6791.jpg)
![DSCF6792.jpg DSCF6792.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121050-DSCF6792.jpg)
![DSCF6793.jpg DSCF6793.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121051-DSCF6793.jpg)
and finally I'm lead to believe this is the boiler from the shipwreck the "Rainbow" (middle of the picture in the sea)
![DSCF6810.jpg DSCF6810.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121052-DSCF6810.jpg)
![DSCF6811.jpg DSCF6811.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/121/121053-DSCF6811.jpg)
Like I said not much of a report but I thought I would share it with you's and hope someone may be able to shed some light on the concrete and brickwork for me
thanks for looking
Jon